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Terrorism

Volume 469: debated on Monday 10 December 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many paramilitary-style assaults took place in Northern Ireland in each of the last 12 months for which figures are available, broken down by group deemed responsible. (172103)

The following table details the information requested.

Casualties as a result of paramilitary style assaults

Attribution1

Loyalist

Republican

2006

November

2

0

December

1

0

2007

January

3

1

February

6

0

March

6

0

April

2

0

May

0

1

June

0

1

July

2

0

August

3

1

September

0

0

October

9

2

1 Attribution is as perceived by PSNI based on the information available and does not necessarily indicate the involvement of a paramilitary organisation. Note: 2007-08 statistics are provisional and may be subject to minor amendment. Source: Central Statistics Unit, Police Service of Northern Ireland, Lisnasharragh.

The Government continue to work through and with the political parties to create the conditions that will make such assaults a thing of the past. The PSNI, which has the support of all parties in Northern Ireland, will continue to investigate all such incidents and where sufficient evidence exists will bring those responsible to justice.