§ Mr. Wm. Rossasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many persons in Northern Ireland in
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Offence Year Number Released Numbers released having served less than* 20 per cent. 25 per cent. 30 per cent. 1976 — — — — Possessing Explosive substances with intent 1977 2 1 Possessing Firearms and ammunition with intent Driving without insurance 1 Theft 1978 1 Driving while disqualified 3 1 Fine default 1 Driving without insurance 1979 1 Theft 3 1 Handling stolen goods 1 Compensation default 1980 1 Handling stolen goods 6 1 Driving while disqualified 1 Manslaughter 3 Burglary and Theft 1981 1 of redundancies. The following table lists by industry those redundancies involving 10 or more workers notified to the Manpower Services Commission as due to occur in 1979 and 1980 in the Fraserburgh and Peterhead employment office areas—which between them cover most of the East Aberdeenshire constituency; the table also expresses the number of the redundancies as a percentage of the total labour force in each industry. Information on the numbers on short time working in individual employment office areas is not available.
each of the last five years have been released from prison before they have served (a) 20 per cent., (b) 25 per cent. and (c) 30 per cent. of their specified sentence; what were the crimes for which they were sentenced; and what were the grounds for release in each case.
§ Mr. AlisonThe information is as follows:
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Offence Year Number Released
Numbers released having served less than* 20 per cent. 25 per cent. 30 per cent. Burglary and Damage to Property 3 1 Attempted murder 1 Totals 17 9 2 6 * Of the actual sentences imposed by the court. Of the 17 persons released, five were on medical or compassionate grounds, six were to rectify omission or errors by public authorities and six were recommendations for clemency by the sentencing court.