§ Mr. McNamaraTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what are the figures for each year since 1980 of the numbers of prisoners convicted in England and Wales for offences arising out of the Northern Ireland conflict.
§ Mrs. RumboldThe information requested is not available centrally.
§ Mr. McNamaraTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the total number of prisoners serving sentences in Britain for offences arising out of the Northern Ireland conflict.
Table A Permanent transfers to Northern Ireland1 Number Requests Number Transferred Number Refused Withdrawn Outstanding Others2 1985 35 3 23 2 — — 1986 17 2 17 1 — — 1987 7 3 5 1 — — 1988 56 6 33 1 — 2 1989 55 15 40 3 — 1 1990 59 3 36 6 24 2 1991 (to 31 May) 31 — 18 2 11 — Totals 260 32 172 16 35 5
Table B Permanent transfers to Northern Ireland1 Number Requests Number Transferred Number Refused Withdrawn Outstanding Others2 1985 11 1 7 1 — — 1986 4 1 3 1 — — 1987 6 2 2 — — — 1988 19 7 7 2 — — 1989 18 2 15 — — 2 1990 26 12 6 — 11 2 1991 (to 31 May) 11 — 2 — 9 — Totals 95 25 42 4 20 4 1 Requests made in any given year may have been decided in a later year. 2 Includes requests where inmates have been released on appeal or on parole etc. before a decision was reached on the transfer request. 692W
Table C Number of requests referred to the Northern Ireland Office3 Permanent transfer Temporary transfer 1980 2 2 1981 6 2 1982 1 2 1983 6 4
§ Mrs. RumboldReadily available information on the number of prisoners in England and Wales whose offences were related to terrorism in the quoted context is limited to those classified as category A. Thirty-eight such prisoners were in custody on 7 June 1991.