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Rubber and plastic bullets

01 January 1991

Rubber and plastic bullets
artdoc May=1991

Mr McNamara asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
for the total amount of compensation paid for (a)deaths and
(b)injuries inflicted by (i)rubber bullets and (ii)plastic
bullets in Northern Ireland from 1969 to the present. Answer:

Mr Cope:"Between 1982 and 1989(to 13 October) the total amount
of damages paid as a result of claims made under the Police
Act(Northern Ireland) 1970 against the Chief Constable of the
Royal Ulster Constabulary for deaths and injuries resulting
from the use of baton rounds is as follows:

Death 66,000.00
Injuries 562,156.00

Information relating to those claims before 1982 and claims
made against the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland under
criminal injuries legislation could only be provided at
disproportionate cost. Compensation paid out in respect of
injuries allegedly inflicted by baton rounds fired by the Army
is the responsibility of my right Hon. Friend the Secretary of
State for Defence.
House of Commons written answer 20.10.89 Col.265