§ Mr. BarnesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 18 January,Official Report, columns 475–76, if he will list all those who have been convicted of scheduled, terrorist-related offences held in custody in England and Wales, giving in each case the nature of their conviction, the sentence given and the date on which their sentence began.
§ Mr. Peter LloydResponsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
640WLetter from Derek Lewis to Mr. Harry Barnes, dated 1 February 1994:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about prisoners in custody in England and Wales convicted of terrorist related offences.Readily available information on prisonerss serving sentences in England and Wales for serious offences related to terrorism is limited to those classified as Category A.As at 28 January 1994 there were 44 such prisoners. Details of year of conviction, sentence and offence are set out in the attached table.
Year Sentence Offence 1976 Life Attempted murder and possession of explosives 1976 Life Attempted murder and possession of explosives 1976 Life Attempted murder 1976 Life Attempted murder and conspiracy to cause explosions 1976 Life Murder 1977 Life Murder 1977 Life Murder 1977 Life Murder 1977 Life Murder 1977 Life Murder 1980 Life Murder 1980 Life Murder 1980 Life Murder 1981 Life Attempted murder 1983 30 years Attempted murder 1983 35 years Attempted murder 1985 Life Murder 1985 Life Conspiracy to cause explosions 1985 15 years Conspiracy to cause explosions 1985 Life Murder 1986 25 years Conspiracy to cause explosions 1986 45 years Planting explosives to endanger life 1986 Life Conspiracy to cause explosions 1986 Life Murder and conspiracy to cause explosions 1986 Life Conspiracy to cause explosions 1986 Life Conspiracy to cause explosions 1986 Life Conspiracy to cause explosions 1986 Life Conspiracy to cause explosions 1987 25 years Conspiracy to cause explosions 1988 Life Murder 1988 17 years Conspiracy to cause explosions 1988 20 years Conspiracy to cause explosions 1990 30 years Conspiracy to cause explosions 1990 30 years Conspiracy to cause explosions 1990 30 years Conspiracy to cause explosions 1993 30 years Conspiracy to cause explosions 1993 Life Murder and attempted murder 1993 18 years Attempted murder 1993 22 years Conspiracy to cause explosions 1993 20 years Arson 1993 15 years Arson 1993 25 years Conspiracy to cause explosions 1993 25 years Conspiracy to cause explosions 1993 23 years Conspiracy to cause explosions