§ Mr. Carsonasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) how many loyalist prisoners have been accepted on transfer from English prisons; and what are their sentences and names;
(2) how many Republican prisoners have been accepted on transfer from English prisons; and what are their sentences and names.
§ Mr. Concannon, pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 30th June 1976; Vol. 914, c. 195], gave the following information:
Of those prisoners transferred from England since June 1972 to serve the remainder of their sentences in Northern motivation for the offences for which Ireland four have claimed Republican they were convicted, and they are serving sentences of life imprisonment; none has claimed Loyalist motivation. It is not the practice to publish the names of prisoners currently serving sentences.