§ Mr. MallonTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many prisoners in Northern Ireland prisons were serving(a) mandatory and (b) discretionary life sentences on 31 December; and in each case how many of them had served more than 10 years on that date.
§ Dr. MawhinneyA total of 311 prisoners were serving mandatory life sentences, of whom 164 had served more than 10 years. Fifteen prisoners were serving discretionary life sentences, of whom 12 had served more than 10 years.
§ Mr. MallonTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many of those prisoners who had served more than 10 years on 31 December are in a segregated wing chosen by(a) Republican and (b) Loyalist prisoners.
Number of prisoners by years served Type of sentence 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Total Mandatory 12 29 18 23 46 22 9 3 164 Discretionary 1 2 1 0 4 3 1 0 0 12