HC Deb 07 November 1996 vol 284 c648W
16. Mr. Madden

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners convicted of terrorist offences have been(a) released from prison in the United Kingdom, (b) transferred to prisons in Northern Ireland and (c) repatriated to the Republic of Ireland to complete sentences, since August 1994. [931]

Miss Widdecombe

Since 1 September 1994, three prisoners convicted of Irish terrorist-related offences have been released from prisons in England and Wales: 16 have been transferred from England and Wales to prisons in Northern Ireland either on a permanent or temporary basis, and two prisoners have been repatriated to the Republic of Ireland to complete their sentences.