Mr. Wm. Rossasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many persons from Londonderry City and Londonderry County are at present serving prison sentences for terrorist-type offences in Northern Ireland; and how many are believed to belong to the Official IRA, the Provisional IRA, the UDA, the UVF, the IRSP and other bodies.
§ Mr. Concannon,pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 12th July 1976], gave the following information:
On 5th July 1976 there were 145 special category prisoners from the City and County of Londonderry. All were convicted of offences connected with the civil disturbances and claimed connection with the following organisations:
Londonderry City County Londonderry PIRA … … 94 21 OIRA … … 5 0 IRSP … … 11 1 UDA … … 2 11 UVF … … 0 0 112 33