§ Mr. HayesTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many of those terrorist prisoners released early under the Good Friday agreement by 13 May would have been due for release by that date under the terms of the early release arrangements which apply in Northern Ireland. [84667]
§ Mr. IngramAll 181 of the terrorist prisoners serving determinate sentences who have to date been released under the Northern Ireland (Sentences) Act 1998, would have been eligible for release under the terms of the early release arrangements contained in the Northern Ireland (Remission of Sentences) Act 1995. The 1995 Act did not cover prisoners serving indeterminate sentences, some 85 of whom have been released under the 1998 Act. This information is taken from statistics which are current at 17 May 1999.