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Mr. Grist : I refer the hon. and learned Gentleman to the answer given to him by my hon. Friend the Minister for Health on 23 February. If Shropshire health authority should decide to proceed with its proposals to change the use of some of its cottage hospitals, it will be required to consult all interested parties, including those Welsh health authorities whose residents may have cause to use the facilities. Welsh health authorities would need to consider what alternative provision might need to be made in the light of any such consultation exercise being undertaken.
Kidney Transplants
Mr. Alex Carlile : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make it his policy to increase the funding for kidney transplants at Cardiff royal infirmary ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Grist : Proposals from South Glamorgan health authority to increase kidney transplant provision at Cardiff royal infirmary are presently being considered by the Welsh Office.
Education Grants
Mr. Michael : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list all the grants made in Wales under section 21 of the Education Act 1980, since that Act came into force,
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indicating the year in which each grant was made, the amount of each grant, the local authority to whose area each grant applied, and the specific purpose to which each grant was to be directed.Mr. Wyn Roberts : I shall write to the hon. Gentleman with the information requested and place a copy of my reply in the Library of the House.
Sewage
Mr. Flynn : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what assessment he has made of the amounts of raw sewage that were returned to land during the recent coastal storms in north Wales ; and what steps have subsequently been taken to decontaminate areas polluted by such sewage.
Mr. Grist : The area of Towyn, Rhyl, Kinmel bay and Abergele is sewered by short sea outfalls and it is estimated that some 50,000 litres of sewage is produced per day. Until tidal surges penetrated the sea wall at Towyn, the sewage flow continued to discharge to the sea. Soon after the wall was breached, power supplies were lost and any sewage pumping would have ceased. Gravity discharges would also have ceased because there was no longer any free discharge. After the majority of the population from the affected parts of Towyn was evacuated to dry areas, sewage generation would largely have stopped in that area. Sewage from surrounding areas would have continued to flow, however, and this sewage would have been mixed with the incoming sea water. It is not possible to say whether the sewage discharged through the outfalls or escaped into the mass of flood water through drains and manholes but it is probable that quantities of sewage are present in the flood water and the proportion of sewage will increase the longer the flood waters remain. The sewage will have been diluted both by the rainfall during the period and, to a much greater extent, by the invading sea water. A small number of properties are on cesspits and septic tanks and the contents of these tanks will by now have mixed with the flood water.
Responsibility for the possible public health conse-quences of the flood and therefore for the clean-up operation rests with the appropriate environmental health officer who has powers to take such action as he deems fit to reduce any risk to human health.
ENERGY
Plutonium
Mr. Flynn : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Newport West, Official Report, 23 February, column 933, regarding the export criteria set out, since 1979, whether any plutonium has been exported to (a) the United States of America from the United Kingdom not kept under safeguards, and (b) to Japan from the United Kingdom which was not produced in the United Kingdom or an EEC member state ; how much plutonium was exported to Canada in 1983 ; and from which reactor or reactors this came.
Mr. Baldry : Exports of unsafeguarded plutonium are a matter for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence.
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During the period mentioned by the hon. Member, plutonium from the reprocessing of irradiated fuel from a Japanese reactor has been returned to Japan.The plutonium returned to Canada in 1983 was produced from the reprocessing of irradiated fuel from the Calder Hall and Chapelcross reactors. The plutonium was brought under safeguards after extraction from the irradiated fuel and prior to its export to Canada for civil purposes. The amount involved cannot be disclosed for reasons of commercial confidentiality but is included in the overall total given in the reply by my hon. Friend the Member for Worcestershire, South (Mr. Spicer) to the hon. Member for Meirionnydd Nant Conwy (Dr. Thomas) on 17 January 1989 at column 157.
South Africa (Oil Imports)
Mr. Frank Field : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will publish his report on whether the tanker Almarc Terza broke the guidelines on oil exported to South Africa.
Mr. Peter Morrison : I have nothing to add to the answers given by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State to the hon. Member for Holborn and St. Pancras (Mr. Dobson) on 11 January 1990, at columns 693-94.
Nuclear Energy (Safeguards)
Mr. Flynn : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what assistance the United Kingdom has afforded the International Atomic Energy Agency in developing safeguards expertise under the provisions of article 12 of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Mr. Baldry : The United Kingdom carries out a safeguards research and development programme in support of the International Atomic Energy Agency. The programme is carried out by AEA technology and currently costs approximately £1 million per year ; the costs are borne by my Department.
Mr. Flynn : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy if Her Majesty's Government have ever made available details of technical studies conducted on safeguards implementation at United Kingdom nuclear reprocessing plants to the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Mr. Baldry : Yes. BNFL and the UKAEA provide technical studies to the IAEA when agreeing safeguards approaches for their facilities ; these naturally include reprocessing issues. A safeguards research and development programme is carried out for the IAEA by the UKAEA and this involves some work on plant reprocessing studies. In addition, the international study group on large scale commercial plant reprocessing (LASCAR), in which the United Kingdom is involved, provides technical guidance to the IAEA.
The information given to the IAEA on reprocessing plant safeguards is either commercially sensitive or has security implications.
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HOME DEPARTMENT
Mr. John Harker
Mr. Devlin : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if he has received the file of information relating to the case of Mr. John Harker, a prisoner in Her Majesty's prison, Kirkham ; and if he will make a statement ;
(2) when he intends to notify the hon. Member for Stockton, South about the outcome of his Department's inquiry into the case of Mr. John Harker.
Mr. John Patten : A reply was sent on 26 January to my hon. Friend acknowledging recent representations from Mr. Harker. The representations are under consideration and a further letter will be sent as soon as the examination of the case is complete.
Deportation
Mr. Allen : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many representations his private office has received requesting arbitration on a decision of the Chief Immigration Officer to deport individuals from the United Kingdom since the introduction of the system ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : The information requested is not available. The "Guidelines on the handling of representations by Members of Parliament in immigration cases" describe the way in which Home Office Ministers exercise their responsibilities for implementing an effective and efficient immigration control. A copy of the guidelines is available in the Library.
Electoral Law
Mr. Kirkwood : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he has any plans to reform election law to give homeless persons the right to vote.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : Under the Representation of the People Act 1983, to be entitled to vote a person must be resident at an address in a constituency or electoral area on the qualifying date and must be registered there. We have no plans to change this requirement.
Crime Victims
Mr. Beggs : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will amend existing legislation to enable victims of crimes or their representatives to exercise the same right to a hearing for a retrial in the Court of Appeal as that given to a convicted criminal when new evidence is produced and a miscarriage of justice has been established.
Mr. John Patten : The victim's charter we published on 22 February-- a copy of which is in the Library--sets out some questions for discussion including whether the victim could or should be given some opportunity to be heard in court. As the charter explains, we have no immediate proposals for change, but would welcome views. We could not however support a change which would enable the victim to call into question an acquittal, which would violate the principle that a person who has been acquitted should not be tried a second time.
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Members' Inquiries
Mr. Tony Lloyd : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how long he expects to take to answer questions from hon. Members about constituents in prison ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Waddington : We aim to answer all correspondence from hon. Members as quickly as possible. At present, the average time taken to reply to hon. Members' letters on prison issues, including those about constituents in prison, is 31 days.
Football
Miss. Hoey : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will call for a report from the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis showing (a) when the national football intelligence unit of the Metropolitan police will be fully operational, (b) what is the staffing level of the unit and (c) what is its annual budget.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : The national football intelligence unit's staff (one superintendent, one inspector, one sergeant, three constables and one typist) has been at work since December 1989. Its computer support is expected to be operational shortly. Its budget for the financial year 1990- 91 is £300,000. These matters do not fall within the responsibility of the Commissioner.
Romania
Mr. Flynn : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make it his policy to provide easier methods for the fostering in the United Kingdom of children orphaned in the Romanian revolution.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : There is no provision in the immigration rules for children from overseas to come to the United Kingdom to be fostered. However, children adopted in Romania, or coming to the United Kingdom from Romania for adoption, may be admitted provided that careful inquiries into the circumstances of both the child and the prospective parents show that the proposed adoption is in the child's best interests. These inquiries are necessary to ensure that children adopted from overseas are protected in the same way as children adopted in the United Kingdom.
Hepatitis B
Mr. Alton : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many cases of hepatitis B infection in prisoners have been reported since 1979.
Mr. Mellor : Cases have been reported for statistical purposes only since 1984. The latest information is given in the table :
Hepatitis B: Prisoners requiring treatment or special precautions
Reporting period |Acute cases |Chronic cases
|(carriers)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 January 1984 to 31 March 1985<1> |152 |240
1 April 1985 to 31 March 1986 |165 |295
1 April 1986 to 31 March 1987 |150 |285
1 April 1987 to 31 March 1988 |155 |198
1 April 1988 to 31 March 1989 |105 |242
<1> 15 months.
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Mr. Alton : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if prisoners are informed of or offered vaccination against hepatitis B ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Mellor : Vaccination policy for prisoners is modelled on practice in the general community. Prison medical officers decide which prisoner patients should be offered vaccination, using their clinical judgment and having regard to guidelines issued by the director of prison medical services. The guidelines recommend that medical officers consider offering vaccination to those prisoners who are identified as belonging to a high risk behaviour group and who are expected to remain in the prison system long enough to complete the six-month course.
Mr. Alton : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what action his Department has taken to prevent the spread of hepatitis B in prison ;
(2) what instructions his Department issues to prison governors regarding combating the spread of hepatitis B.
Mr. Mellor : Our measures include medical inquiry and examination at the reception stage, selective vaccination on a voluntary basis, education and counselling, and limited regime restrictions for identified hepatitis B carriers at the discretion of the prison medical officer.
Governors have an important part to play in facilitating educational initiatives within the resources available to them. They have been encouraged to make wide use of the prison service education package "AIDS Inside and Out", which provides a context for the delivery of important messages relevant to the prevention of hepatitis B infection.
Broadcasting
Miss Emma Nicholson : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will make a statement about the transitional arrangements to be made in the Broadcasting Bill for existing cable systems other than broad band cable franchise holders.
Mr. Mellor : My right hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Mr. Hurd) announced our proposals on the future licensing arrangements for local delivery systems, including SMATV systems, on 27 April last year. The transitional arrangements we are envisaging are to be seen against the background of those proposals.
As those proposals made clear, systems covering fewer than 1,000 homes will not need to be licensed by the Independent Television Commission under the new arrangements. This proposal will be implemented, subject to parliamentary approval, by the making of a designation order under the provisions of clause 65(1) of the Broadcasting Bill. Accordingly, any existing SMATV licences for systems covering fewer than 1,000 homes will lapse when the relevant provisions of the Bill are brought into force. Any existing unlicensed systems covering fewer than 1,000 homes will be able to continue in operation. Any system covering fewer than 1,000 homes, whether previously licensed by the Cable Authority or not, will be able to carry BBC services, services regulated by the ITC, S4C and services originating from a Council of Europe or convention country. SMATV systems licensed to cover 1,000 homes or more, and which fall wholly or partly within a cable franchise area (ie an area covered by a prescribed diffusion
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service licence issued by the Cable Authority by the time the relevant provisions of the Bill are brought into force), will continue to be able to operate under their existing licences while they remain in force. The ITC will be empowered to extend those licences if necessary until such a time as it is satisfied that the broad band cable operator is able to offer an alternative service to the homes passed by the SMATV system.SMATV systems licensed to cover more than 1,000 homes, which fall wholly outside any cable franchise area, will be deemed to have a local delivery licence starting from the date on which the relevant provisions of the Bill are brought into force. This licence will last for five years, and will be renewable under the provisions of clause 71 of the Broadcasting Bill after three years. The percentage of qualifying revenue for the purposes of clause 67 will be deemed to be zero. Licensees will not be granted the use of MVDS frequencies. Systems covering more than 1,000 homes which carry only the four terrestrial channels, and which are in consequence unlicensed at present, will continue to be able to operate without the need for an ITC licence while they carry only those channels.
Other unlicensed systems covering more than 1,000 homes (including systems carrying the IBA's DBS services) which have not previously been licensed as SMATV systems by the Cable Authority will, if they fall wholly or partly within a cable franchise area, be deemed to have a SMATV licence under the terms of the Cable and Broadcasting Act 1984. This licence will be deemed to start on the day when the relevant provisions of the Bill are brought into force, and to last for five years. The ITC will be empowered to extend the licence until such a time as it is satisfied that the broad band cable operator is able to offer an alternative service to the homes passed by the system.
Unlicensed systems meeting the same criteria which fall wholly outside cable franchise areas will be deemed to have a local delivery licence starting from the date on which the relevant provisions of the Bill are brought into force. The terms of this licence will be the same as those described outlined above in relation to SMATV systems which will be deemed to have local delivery licences. The provisions necessary to implement these proposals will be included in the Broadcasting Bill. Subject to parliamentary approval, we are planning that the proposals will come into effect on 1 January 1991.
Blundeston Prison
Mr. David Porter : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on current staffing levels at Her Majesty's prison, Blundeston, in the light of the 1988 fresh start agreements.
Mr. Mellor [holding answer 19 February 1990] : There are at present 140 officers (including senior and principal officers) in post ; regional management's target level is 146 for 1989-90 and it plans to post a further six officers to Blundeston this month.
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PRIME MINISTER
Regional Development
Mr. Boswell : To ask the Prime Minister what recent representations she has received about regional development in the United Kingdom.
The Prime Minister : The Secretaries of State for Trade and Industry, for Scotland and for Wales receive regular representations on regional industrial development.
Zoonoses
Mr. Boswell : To ask the Prime Minister what recent representations she has received about zoonoses.
The Prime Minister : I have not received any such recent representations. My right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for Health keeps these diseases under review.
Heritage
Mr. Boswell : To ask the Prime Minister what recent representations she has received on built heritage.
The Prime Minister : My right hon. Friend and I receive representations frequently. The built heritage makes a particularly important contribution both to the quality of life within our communities and to the tourism industry. The Government are concerned to ensure that the nation's wealth of important buildings, monuments and sites are preserved wherever possible.
Global Warming
Dr. Thomas : To ask the Prime Minister what current involvement the United Kingdom has in (a) the international geosphere-biosphere project and (b) the world climate research programme, in regard to research conducted into global warming and the greenhouse effect.
The Prime Minister : I refer the hon. Member to the House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology's report on the greenhouse effect which gives full details of the important contribution the research councils and the Meteorological Office are making to these international research programmes.
Clockwork Orange
Mr. Allen : To ask the Prime Minister, further to her reply to the hon. Member for Nottingham, North of 27 February, when General Sir Frank King made it clear to her that he did not recall any project specifically named Clockwork Orange.
The Prime Minister : General Sir Frank King and General Sir Peter Leng gave that information to officials on Saturday 17 February.
Mr. Allen : To ask the Prime Minister, further to her reply of 27 February, whether any projects not specifically named Clockwork Orange but of a similar intent or nature were known to Her Majesty's Government or military officers.
The Prime Minister : I have nothing to add to the information given by the Minister of State for the Armed Forces during the Adjournment debate on 6 February at columns 866-68.
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Environment (International Co-operation)
Mr. Flynn : To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to her reply to the hon. Member for Basingstoke (Mr. Hunter), Official Report, 22 February, columns 872-73, how the figures of (a) £3 million United Kingdom annual contribution to the United Nations environment programme and (b) £100 million United Kingdom contribution over three years to the conservation of tropical forests were reached.
The Prime Minister : The United Kingdom more than doubled its contribution to UNEP in 1989 in recognition of the increasing awareness and importance of international environmetal issues and the need to strengthen UNEP's capacity to meet these challenges. In deciding to commit a further £100 million of bilateral aid over the next three years as part of Britain's help to conserve tropical forests we took account of the global significance of the issue, the way in which we judge the United Kingdom is equipped to help effectively in this field, the scope for contribution from other aid donors and other pressures on our aid programme resources.
Eastern Europe
Mr. Flynn : To ask the Prime Minister what policies she has formulated in regard to (a) aid to promote democratic development, (b) aid to support educational development, (c) aid to support environmental improvement and (d) aid to support energy efficiency and security in the countries of eastern Europe following political changes in these states in the past six months.
The Prime Minister : On 22 January, my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs announced a single know-how fund for eastern Europe. This included our existing commitments to Poland (£50 million) and Hungary (£25 million), and new money would be made available to finance help to other eastern European countries once they are fully committed to reform. So far we have made detailed plans in respect of Poland, where we expect to spend some £2.3 million in the current financial year. Proposals are being worked out for assistance in the energy sector, and will look, among other things, at the issues of energy efficiency and the reduction of environmental pollution from power stations. The Polish authorities have also asked for assistance with the creation of new language teacher training institutes, for advice on educational reform, and an exploratory mission will be visiting Poland this month. We have also enabled groups of politicians from Poland and Hungary to participate in seminars on the United Kingdom's parliamentary system organised by the Great Britain/east Europe centre, training in media techniques, and training directly relevant to the local government elections to be held in Poland in April.
NORTHERN IRELAND
Tourism
Mr. Colvin : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on the review of tourist policy in Northern Ireland.
Mr. Needham : Following the publication of the tourism policy document "Tourism in Northern Ireland--A View
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to the Future" in June last year, considerable work has been undertaken to implement the proposals it contained. A number of the measures, including a new scheme of financial assistance, have already been introduced and work is in hand on the preparation of the new legislation which will be required to give effect to the full range of the proposals.Public Houses
Mr. Colvin : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what grants are available for the provision of accommodation in public houses.
Mr. Needham : A new scheme of selective financial assistance will be available from 2 April 1990 to private sector projects providing additional tourist accommodation or upgrading existing facilities. Assistance in the form of interest relief grants or loans will be offered to projects which can demonstrate the potential to achieve more holiday visitors to Northern Ireland, leading to additional revenue and/or employment. Public house developments which meet those criteria will be considered. Projects in Belfast and Londonderry may also qualify for urban development grant in appropriate cases.
Prisoners
Mr. William Ross : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many persons in Northern Ireland are presently serving sentences of detention at the pleasure of the Secretary of State ; of these how many are for (a) murder and (b) other serious offences ; and of these how many were admitted members of (i) the Ulster Defence Association, (ii) the Ulster Freedom Fighters, (iii) the Ulster Volunteer Force, (iv) the RUC, (v) other loyalist paramilitary groups, (vi) the Official Irish Republican Army, (vii) the Provisional Irish Republican Army, (viii) the Irish National Liberation Army, (ix) other Roman Catholic paramilitary groups, (x) any junior wing by each category of the foregoing and (xi) none of the above, at the time the crime was committed.
Mr. Cope [holding answer 27 February 1990] : The sentence of detention at the pleasure of the Secretary of State can be imposed only in cases of murder. Twenty-five prisoners are currently serving such sentences. At the time of conviction, their paramilitary affiliation was as follows :
Paramilitary affiliation |Number
|convicted
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ulster Defence Association |3
Ulster Volunteer Force |1
Provisional Irish Republican Army |16
None |5
Mr. William Ross : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many persons serving (a) a life sentence for murder, (b) a life sentence for other serious crime and (c) a sentence at the pleasure of the Secretary of State have been released from prison in Northern Ireland in each of the last 10 years ; of these, how many were admitted members of each paramilitary or terrorist group or their junior wing when the crime was committed ; if he will indicate the periods served ; and if he will set out the information in a table.
Mr. Cope [holding answer 27 February 1990] : The information requested is as follows :
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Indeterminate sentence prisoners released by affiliation and years
served (1 January 1980-31 December 1989)
Numbers released by years served
Less than 10 years
Year and affiliation |A |B |C
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1980
PIRA |- |1 |-
None |- |- |-
1981
PIRA |- |1 |1
UVF |1 |- |-
None |- |1 |-
1982
UVF |- |- |-
None |1 |- |-
1983
UVF |- |1 |-
UDA |- |- |2
None |- |- |-
1984
UVF |1 |- |-
1985
UDA |- |- |3
UVF |- |- |1
PIRA |1 |- |-
OIRA |1 |- |1
1986
UDA |- |- |3
UVF |- |- |-
OIRA |- |- |-
PIRA |- |- |2
None |1 |- |-
1987
UVF |- |- |1
UDA |- |- |-
PIRA |- |- |-
OIRA |- |- |-
None |- |- |-
1988
UDA |- |- |-
UVF |- |- |1
PIRA |1 |- |-
OIRA |- |- |-
None |- |- |-
1989
UVF |- |- |-
UDA |- |- |-
PIRA |- |- |-
OIRA |- |- |-
None |- |- |-
|------- |------- |-------
Total |7 |4 |15
A-Murder
B-Other
C-SOSP
10 years
Year and affiliation |A |B |C
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1980
PIRA |- |- |-
None |1 |- |-
1981
PIRA |- |- |-
UVF |- |- |-
None |- |- |-
1982
UVF |- |- |-
None |1 |- |1
1983
UVF |- |- |-
UDA |- |- |-
None |- |- |-
1984
UVF |- |- |-
1985
UDA |- |- |-
UVF |1 |- |1
PIRA |- |- |1
OIRA |- |- |-
1986
UDA |- |- |-
UVF |- |- |-
OIRA |- |- |2
PIRA |1 |- |1
None |1 |- |-
1987
UVF |- |- |-
UDA |- |1 |-
PIRA |1 |1 |-
OIRA |- |- |-
None |- |- |-
1988
UDA |- |- |1
UVF |1 |- |-
PIRA |1 |- |-
OIRA |1 |- |-
None |- |- |-
1989
UVF |- |- |-
UDA |- |- |-
PIRA |- |- |-
OIRA |- |- |-
None |1 |- |-
|------- |------- |-------
Total |10 |2 |7
A-Murder
B-Other
C-SOSP
11 years
Year and affiliation |A |B |C
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1980
PIRA |- |- |-
None |- |- |-
1981
PIRA |- |- |-
UVF |- |- |-
None |- |- |-
1982
UVF |- |- |-
None |1 |1 |-
1983
UVF |- |- |-
UDA |- |- |-
None |- |- |-
1984
UVF |- |- |-
1985
UDA |- |- |-
UVF |- |- |-
PIRA |- |- |-
OIRA |- |- |-
1986
UDA |- |- |-
UVF |1 |- |1
OIRA |- |- |-
PIRA |- |- |-
None |- |- |-
1987
UVF |2 |- |1
UDA |- |- |1
PIRA |- |- |3
OIRA |- |- |-
None |- |1 |-
1988
UDA |- |- |-
UVF |- |- |-
PIRA |- |- |-
OIRA |- |- |-
None |- |- |-
1989
UVF |1 |- |-
UDA |- |- |-
PIRA |1 |- |-
OIRA |- |- |-
None |- |- |-
|------- |------- |-------
Total |6 |2 |6
A-Murder
B-Other
C-SOSP
12 years
Year and affiliation |A |B |C
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1980
PIRA |- |- |-
None |- |- |-
1981
PIRA |- |- |-
UVF |- |- |-
None |- |- |-
1982
UVF |- |- |-
None |- |- |-
1983
UVF |- |- |-
UDA |- |- |-
None |1 |- |-
1984
UVF |- |- |-
1985
UDA |1 |- |-
UVF |- |- |-
PIRA |- |- |-
OIRA |- |- |-
1986
UDA |- |- |-
UVF |- |- |-
OIRA |- |- |-
PIRA |- |- |-
None |- |- |-
1987
UVF |2 |- |1
UDA |1 |- |-
PIRA |- |- |3
OIRA |- |- |-
None |1 |- |-
1988
UDA |- |- |-
UVF |- |- |2
PIRA |1 |- |1
OIRA |2 |- |-
None |1 |- |-
1989
UVF |1 |1 |-
UDA |- |- |-
PIRA |- |- |1
OIRA |- |- |-
None |- |- |-
|------- |------- |-------
Total |11 |1 |8
A-Murder
B-Other
C-SOSP
13 years
Year and affiliation |A |B |C
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1980
PIRA |- |1 |-
None |- |- |-
1981
PIRA |- |- |-
UVF |- |- |-
None |- |- |-
1982
UVF |- |- |-
None |1 |- |-
1983
UVF |- |- |-
UDA |- |- |-
None |- |- |-
1984
UVF |- |- |-
1985
UDA |- |- |-
UVF |- |- |-
PIRA |- |- |-
OIRA |- |- |-
1986
UDA |- |- |1
UVF |- |- |-
OIRA |1 |- |-
PIRA |- |- |-
None |- |- |-
1987
UVF |2 |- |-
UDA |- |- |-
PIRA |1 |1 |1
OIRA |1 |- |-
None |- |- |-
1988
UDA |2 |- |-
UVF |3 |- |1
PIRA |- |- |1
OIRA |- |- |-
None |1 |- |-
1989
UVF |2 |1 |-
UDA |- |- |-
PIRA |1 |- |1
OIRA |- |- |-
None |1 |- |-
|------- |------- |-------
Total |16 |2 |5
A-Murder
B-Other
C-SOSP
14 years
----------------------
1980
PIRA |- |- |-
None |- |- |-
1981
PIRA |- |- |-
UVF |- |- |-
None |- |- |-
1982
UVF |- |- |-
None |- |- |-
1983
UVF |- |- |-
UDA |- |- |-
None |- |- |-
1984
UVF |- |- |-
1985
UDA |- |- |-
UVF |- |- |-
PIRA |- |- |-
OIRA |- |- |-
1986
UDA |- |- |-
UVF |- |- |-
OIRA |- |- |-
PIRA |- |- |-
None |- |- |-
1987
UVF |- |- |-
UDA |- |- |-
PIRA |1 |- |-
OIRA |1 |- |-
None |- |- |-
1988
UDA |3 |- |-
UVF |3 |- |-
PIRA |- |- |1
OIRA |- |- |-
None |- |- |-
1989
UVF |6 |- |-
UDA |4 |- |-
PIRA |1 |- |1
OIRA |1 |- |-
None |- |- |-
|---|---|---
Total |20 |- |2
A-Murder
B-Other
C-SOSP
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15 Years plus
Year and affiliation |A |B |C
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1980
PIRA |- |- |-
None |- |- |-
1981
PIRA |- |- |-
UVF |- |- |-
None |- |- |-
1982
UVF |1 |- |-
None |- |- |-
1983
UVF |- |- |-
UDA |- |- |-
None |- |- |-
1984
UVF |1 |- |-
1985
UDA |- |- |-
UVF |- |- |-
PIRA |- |- |-
OIRA |- |- |-
1986
UDA |- |- |-
UVF |- |- |-
OIRA |- |- |-
PIRA |- |- |-
None |- |- |-
1987
UVF |- |- |-
UDA |- |- |-
PIRA |- |- |-
OIRA |- |- |-
None |- |- |-
1988
UDA |- |- |-
UVF |1 |- |-
PIRA |- |- |-
OIRA |- |- |-
None |- |- |-
1989
UVF |4 |- |-
UDA |5 |- |-
PIRA |3 |- |2
OIRA |- |- |-
None |- |- |-
|------- |-------
Total |15 |- |2
A-Murder
B-Other
C-SOSP
Indeterminate sentence prisoners released
by affiliation and years served
(1 January 1980-31 December 1989)
Year and affiliation |Total
---------------------------------------------------------------
1980
PIRA |1
None |1
1981
PIRA |2
UVF |1
None |1
1982
UVF |1
None |6
1983
UVF |1
UDA |2
None |1
1984
UVF |2
1985
UDA |4
UVF |3
PIRA |2
OIRA |2
1986
UDA |4
UVF |2
OIRA |3
PIRA |4
None |2
1987
UVF |9
UDA |3
PIRA |12
OIRA |2
None |2
1988
UDA |6
UVF |12
PIRA |6
OIRA |3
None |2
1989
UVF |16
UDA |9
PIRA |11
OIRA |1
None |2
|-------
Total |141
A-Murder
B-Other
C-SOSP
Mr. William Ross : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what is the cost of keeping a prisoner in a prison and other places for the detention of criminals by category of establishment (a) per week and (b) annually in Northern Ireland ; and what comparable information is available to him on prisons in (i) Scotland and (ii) England and Wales.
Mr. Cope [holding answer 27 February 1990] : Prison establishments in Northern Ireland are not categorised in the same way as in Great Britain and direct comparisons are therefore not meaningful. This is mainly because of the additional security measures required in Northern Ireland in relation to custody of large numbers of paramilitary-type prisoners. The average cost of keeping a prisoner in Northern Ireland in 1988-89 was £1,046 per week and £54, 406 annually.
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Roads
Mr. William Ross : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what has been the total expenditure each year on maintenance of (a) motorway and trunk roads
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and (b) other roads in each of the last five years ; and what are his projections for the current and next calendar or financial year.Mr. Peter Bottomley : This information is not available in the precise form requested. Expenditure details on road maintenance are as follows :
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£ million
|1985-86 |1986-87 |1987-88 |1988-89 |<1>1989-90
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Motorways |1.8 |1.7 |1.8 |1.5 |3.3
Class I and class II roads |17.2 |16.0 |14.8 |18.5 |21.7
Other roads |27.8 |30.3 |32.6 |31.7 |32.6
<1> Estimated.
Present plans are better to meet by spending some £60 million in 1990- 91.
Portavogie Harbour
Mr. John D. Taylor : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether he has any plans to enlarge Portavogie harbour to accommodate the present fishing fleet ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Peter Bottomley [holding answer 1 March 1990] : The Northern Ireland Fishery Harbour Authority has no plans to enlarge Portavogie harbour.
The authority has submitted proposals for extra shelter at Ardglass which could add to capacity there. There are doubts about whether fish stocks can sustain the expansion in the local fleets during the last two years.
Security Forces (Dwellings)
Mr. William Ross : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many dwellings have been searched by the security forces in each year since 1968.
Mr. Cope [holding answer 21 February 1990] : The available information on searches of premises under section 15 of the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1978 is as follows :
Army RUC
Year |Occupied |Unoccupied
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1984 |n/a |n/a |n/a
1985 |104 |58 |n/a
1986 |137 |41 |1,818
1987 |393 |72 |2,474
1988 |751 |278 |4,136
1989
1st quarter |217 |89 |1,144
2nd quarter 115 79
Most searches involve both the Army and RUC and are registered in their respective records. Both figures therefore are shown separately since there is an element of double counting.
Army Helicopter, County Tyrone
Mr. William Ross : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what was the make, rate of fire calibre and range of the weapon or weapons used by the IRA against the Army helicopter destroyed in County Tyrone recently or as much of such information as is available to him.
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Mr. Cope [holding answer 23 February 1990] : The incident is under investigation. No further information is available.
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