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Mr. McNamara
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether the security statistics for 1989 are now available together with details of persons charged with terrorist-type offences and convictions for scheduled offences for the year.
Mr. Cope
The statistics for 1989 are as follows (statistics for earlier years can be obtained from the Library):—
| Statistics on Security (January—December 1989) Part I—Statistics of terrorist activity | |
| Number | |
| Shooting incident2 | (160) 406 |
| Explosions | 224 |
| Bombs neutralised | 196 |
| Weight of explosives in lbs1 | 12,114 |
| Explosions neutralised in lbs1 | 13,662 |
| Armed robberies | 541 |
| Amount stolen | £1,079,399 |
| Malicious fires | 307 |