HC Deb 21 March 1978 vol 946 cc471-2W
Mr. Banks

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners are serving sentences for crimes involving the planting of bombs and causing death.

Mr. John

Fifteen prisoners are serving sentences of life imprisonment for murder where death resulted from the planting of bombs. Three other prisoners are serving determinate sentences of imprisonment for offences related to incidents in which bombs were planted and caused death.