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Police (Murders)

Volume 21: debated on Thursday 1 April 1982

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asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in regard to each of the 25 police killings in England and Wales since 1965, what the method of killing was; whether any were attributed to acts of terrorism; whether the alleged killer was arrested and what was the subsequent court disposal; and where there was no arrest whether the alleged offender is known and still sought.

[pursuant to his reply, 24 March 1982, c. 185]: There were 24 offences currently recorded as homicide over the period 1965 to 1981 where the victim was a police officer on duty. The information requested is given in the following table:the following table. As I said in my previous answer—[

Official Report, Vol. 17, c. 27]—to my hon. Friend, benefits under the Iron and Steel Employees Readaptation Benefits Scheme are paid to eligible steel-workers not steel companies.

Year

Amount allocated from ECSC (£)

No. of workers eligible for aid

Plant

19807,700,0007,097BSC Shotton
3,300,0002,030BSC Bilston
375,000446BSC Lanarkshire
6,250,0005,878BSC Corby
125,000457Ford Motor*

Year

Amount allocated from ECSC (£)

No. of workers eligible for aid

Plant

26,50024Napier
42,00022Duport
105,750149Neepsend
100,00099Bradley & Foster
86,500112GKN, Brymbo
135,000180Edgar Allen Balfour
1,200,0001,530Patent Shaft
80,00073Hadfields
45,00060Thomas Turton & Sons
14,40035J. J. Habershon & Sons
81,000125Duport
Total19,666,15018,317
19811,210,000917BSC Scunthorpe
696,000607BSC Hallside
1,095,0001,188BSC Cleveland
13,945,0006,734BSC Llanwern/Port Talbot
212,000350BSC Templeborough
930,000799BSC Cookley & Orb
643,000873BSC Shotton
93,000188BSC Victoria
5, 575,0004,928BSC Consett
310,000214BSC Rotherham
417,000325BSC Whitehead
750,000438BSC Bilston
750,000715BSC Warrington
571,000281Round Oak
100,000140J. Bagnall
52,00060Ductile
22,00018Trident
91,00087Edgar Allen Balfour
38,00045Osborn
215,000178Osborn
55,00044Osborn
11,5009H. S. Pitt

*100,000

[457]Ford Motor (increase in 1980 allocation)
14,20017R. Hampton
95,00083Edgar Allen Mining Products
1,060,000918Firth Brown
700,000617GKN South Wales
610,000308Round Oak
190,000115Darlington & Simpson
41,00030Thomas Turton & Sons
1,500,0001,363Duport
34,00018Spartan
55,00022Cocker
116,00044Coghlan
140,00069Aurora
3,790,0001,900Hadfields
250,00094John Williams
13,6007J. G. Hughes
Total36,490,00024,743
1982 to date7,350,0002,796BSC Tinplate
5,060,0002,682BSC Scunthorpe
900,000607BSC Cleveland
128,10039BSC Wolverhampton
478,800296BSC Cleveland
345,900270BSC Tinsley Park
155,00090BSC Monks Hall
1,255,800691BSC Shotton
8,066,0004,130BSC Normanby Park
39,30048BSC River Don
34,20022S. P. A. Davis
9,8004Privilpax
148,50075Duport London Works
102,00048J. B. & S. Lees
156,70086GKN South Wales
1,450,000605Round Oak
38,00017Frank Pickering

Year

Amount allocated from ECSC (£)

No. of workers eligible for aid

Plant

30,00012Richard W. Carr
73,00040Bradley & Foster
1,900,000787GKN Brymbo
65,00028Spartan
381,000212Ductile
56,50022Aurora
Total28,223,60013,607