HC Deb 22 April 1987 vol 114 cc581-3W
Mr. Corbyn

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) how many (i) life sentence prisoners and (ii) prisoners detained during the pleasure of the Secretary of State have been released on licence each year since 1980; how many in each category were Loyalist, Republican and undifferentiated prisoners; and what was the average length of sentence served by Loyalists, Republican and undifferentiated prisoners in each category;

(2) how many (i) life sentence prisoners and (ii) prisoners detained during the pleasure of the Secretary of State have been given release dates in each year since the setting up of the Northern Ireland life sentence review board; and how many in each category were Loyalist, Republican and undifferentiated prisoners;

(3) how many (i) life sentence prisoners and (ii) prisoners detained during the pleasure of the Secretary of State there are in Northern Ireland's prisons, excluding those who have been given release dates; and how many in each category are Loyalist, Republican and undifferentiated prisoners.

Mr. Scott

The information is as follows:

recorded in the United Kingdom airspace in each year since 1974; and if he will provide a breakdown of the figures into incidents involving (a) two civil aircraft, (b) two military aircraft and (c) one civil and one military aircraft;

(2) how many of the air misses recorded in United Kingdom airspace in each year since 1974 took place at or below 2,000 ft above ground level.

Mr. Freeman

Total numbers of air misses in United Kingdom airspace are contained in the CAA publication CAP 526, "UK Airmiss Statistics," a copy of which has been placed in the Library. It is our long-standing policy not to release more detailed statistics on air misses involving military aircraft because in isolation from other, classified, information they can be misleading and do not provide an accurate indicator of flight safety.