§ Mr. McNamaraasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will give the number of prisoners in Northern Ireland jails at 31 December 1986, detailing the numbers by sex, in prison and in young offenders centres separately.
§ Mr. Scott[pursuant to his reply, 16 February 1987, Official Report, c. 464]: On 31 December 1986, there were 1,765 inmates in Northern Ireland prison establishments, of whom 1,736 were men and 29 were women; 1,575 were in prisons and 190 in young offenders centres.
§ Mr. McNamaraasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what is the size of the present prison population in Northern Ireland divided into terrorist offenders and other offenders categorised by age and by sex in the following groups: under 18 years old, 18 to 25 years, 25 to 30 years, 40 to 50 years, 50 to 60 years and over 60 years, giving a breakdown of the length of sentence being served by each age group under the following headings: (i) up to three months, (ii) over three months and up to six months, (iii) over six months and under 12 months, (iv) over 12 months and under 18 months, (v) over 18 months and up to four years, (vi) over four years and up to eight years, (vii) over eight years and (viii) life, together with a breakdown, divided into terrorist offenders and other offenders under the same sentence headings, of the numbers as a percentage of the total prison population.
§ Mr. Scott[pursuant to his reply, 16 February 1987, c. 465]: On 25 January 1987 (the latest date for which figures in such detail are available) there were 1,604 sentenced inmates in Northern Ireland prison establishments. This includes those detained in young offenders centres. The requested breakdowns of the population are set out in the table.
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Sentence length Offence type Up to 18 18 up to 25 25 up to 30 30 up to 40 40 up to 50 50 up to 60 Over 60 12 to 18 months Scheduled 4 21 2 3 0 0 0 Non-scheduled 9 14 5 9 6 1 0 18 months to four years Scheduled 7 119 37 20 6 0 0 Non-scheduled 4 57 26 32 15 2 0 Four to eight years Scheduled 0 63 38 20 5 1 0 Non-scheduled 0 17 10 10 9 1 0 More than eight years Scheduled 0 60 98 98 13 0 0 Non-scheduled 0 3 3 1 1 2 0 Life1 Scheduled 0 21 107 253 43 6 2 Non-scheduled 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 TOTAL 33 550 380 478 113 19 3 Females Up to three months Scheduled 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Non-scheduled 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 Three to six months Scheduled 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Non-scheduled 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 Six to 12 months Scheduled 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Non-scheduled 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 12 to 18 months Scheduled 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Non-scheduled 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 18 months to four years Scheduled 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Non-scheduled 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 Four to eight years Scheduled 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 Non-scheduled 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 More than eight years Scheduled 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 Non-scheduled 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Life1 Scheduled 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 Non-scheduled 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TOTAL 0 8 9 5 4 2 0 1 Including those detained at the pleasure of the Secretary of State.
Scheduled and Non-scheduled offenders, by sentence length, as a percentage of the total sentenced prison population Sentence length Scheduled offences Non-scheduled offences Less than three months 0.9 2.5 Three to six months 0.9 4.2 Six to 12 months 2.9 7.2 12 to 18 months 1.9 2.8 18 months to four years 11.9 8.6 Four to eight years 8.2 2.9 Over eight years 17.0 0.6 Life (including SOSP) 27.3 0.1 TOTAL 71.0 29.0
§ Mr. McNamaraasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland in how many cases in each year, since the introduction of the review procedure for life sentenced prisoners, on which the board had recommended that a release date be given, he has rejected the review board's recommendation.