HC Deb 22 April 1987 vol 114 c581W
Mr. Mallon

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he has any plans to meet his counterpart from the Irish Republic to discuss designing a common agricultural policy for the whole of Ireland.

Mr. Viggers

No.

Life SOSP
Year Loyalist Republican Other Loyalist Republican Other Totals
Persons serving life/SOSP released on licenee since 1980 by believed affiliation at the time of arrest and average period served
1980 1 1 2
1981 1 1 1 1 4
1982 1 5 1 7
1983 1 1 2 4
1984 2 2
1985 2 2 5 2 11
1986 1 2 11+(1) 5 5 114+(1)
1987 4 4 3 3 14
Totals 12 10 19+(1) 15 11 1 158+11)
Average years served 11.49 10.79 10.68 10.30 9.99 10.33
Persons serving life/SOSP given release dates by believed affiliation at the time of arrest since the present life sentence review board was established in March 1983
1983
1984 1 3 3 7
1985 1 1 1 7 5 15
1986 7 8 2 24+(2) 6 227+(2)
1987 2 1 1 1 5
Totals 11 10 4 214+(2) 15 254+(2)

Note: This table dose not include one prisoner on medical grounds in 1984.

1 One person originally released on licence in August 1977 had his licence revoked in February 1983;he was subsequently re-released on licence October 1986.

2 Two prisoners given release dates in February 1986 had them withdrawn on 13 February 1987

Persons serving life/SOSP in Northern Ireland prisons by their believed affiliation at the time of arrest, excluding those given provisional release dates, as at 15 April 1987
Life SOSP
Loyalist Republican Other Total Loyalist Republican Other Total Overall Total
213 158 28 399 9 24 1 34 433

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