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Mr. William Ross
asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many baton rounds were fired by (a) the police and (b) the Army in Northern Ireland in each month since 1 January 1981 to the latest available date.
Mr. John Patten
The details are as follows:
| RUC | Army | Total | |
| 1981 | |||
| January | not available | not available | 68 |
| February | not available | not available | 48 |
| March | 133 | 187 | 320 |
| April | 1,231 | 728 | 1,959 |
| May | 10,883 | 5,773 | 16,656 |
| June | 358 | 248 | 606 |
| July | 4,666 | 1,516 | 6,182 |
| August | 2,346 | 1,409 | 3,755 |
| September | 9 | 31 | 40 |
| October | 1 | 23 | 24 |
| November | 5 | 29 | 34 |
| December | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1982 | |||
| January | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| February | 3 | 20 | 23 |
| March | 29 | 11 | 40 |
| April | 18 | 12 | 30 |
| May | 12 | 18 | 30 |
| June | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| July | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| August | 259 | 77 | 336 |
| September | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| October | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| November | 1 | 1 | 2 |