HC Deb 24 November 1995 vol 267 c383W
Rev. Ian Paisley

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list those convicted terrorists who will be released from Ulster's jails before Christmas as a result of changes in remission rules, indicating the crime they were convicted of and the length of sentence imposed. [64]

Sir John Wheeler

Responsibility for the subject in question has been delegated to the Northern Ireland Prison Service under its chief executive, Mr. Alan Shannon. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.

Letter from A. D. Shannon to Rev. Ian Paisley, dated 23 November 1995. The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland has asked me to reply to this Parliamentary Question in which you asked for a list of convicted terrorists who will be released before Christmas as a result of changes in remission rules. It remains our policy not to divulge information about individual prisoners and their crimes but I can advise you that it is anticipated that 94 prisoners who were convicted of scheduled offences will be released on licence before Christmas 1995 as a result of the changes in remission rules brought in by the Northern Ireland (Remission of Sentence) Act 1995. I hope this information is helpful.