§ Mr. Jim MarshallTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many (i) life sentence prisoners and (ii) prisoners detained under his pleasure have been released on licence in each year since 1980; how many in each category were(a) Loyalist, (b) Republican and (c) undifferentiated; and what was the average length of service in each of these classifications.
§ Mr. Tom KingThe information is as follows:
Those included in the above figures who have been given provisional release dates Number Loyalist 12 Republican 5 Others 3 Total 20 Secretary of Suite's Pleasure Loyalist 3 Republican 3 Others — Total 6 Overall Total 26 Note: the classifications in the table are based on the believed paramilitary affiliations of the prisoners at the time of their arrest.
§ Mr. Jim MarshallTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many (i) life sentence prisoners and (ii) prisoners detained under his pleasure have been given release dates in each year since the setting up of the Northern Ireland life sentence review board; and how many in each category have been classified as(a) Loyalist, (b) Republican and (c) undifferentiated.
§ Mr. Tom KingThe information is as follows:
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Persons serving indeterminate sentences given release dates since the present life sentence review Life Secretary of State's pleasure Year Loyalist Republican Others Loyalist Republican Others Totals 1983 — — — — — — — 1984 1 — — 3 3 — 7 1985 1 1 1 7 5 — 15 1986 7 8 2 6 6 — 29 1987 5 6 4 2 3 — 20 1988 (to date) 9 — — 1 1 — 11 Totals 23 15 7 19 18 — 82 Notes:
1 This table does not include one prisoner released on medical grounds in 1984.
2 The classifications in the table are based on the believed paramilitary affiliations of the prisoners at the time of their arrest.