To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many (a) loyalist and (b) republican prisoners were released on licence from indeterminate sentences for the terrorist murder of civilians in 1991 and 1992; and if he will indicate in each case the number of years served.

The information is as follows:

The total number waiting in Northern Ireland for treatment in the cardiac surgery specialty fell by 205 between March 1992 and March 1993 from 964 to 759.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how the average waiting time for those people waiting for their first appointment with a cardiac surgeon has increased or decreased during the last 12 months.

The information is not available. Information on waiting time for first appointments was not collected centrally until this year.