HC Deb 11 January 1999 vol 323 cc90-1W
Mr. Vaz

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations he has received concerning the prison placement of Mr. Sandeep Bansall. [65178]

Mr. George Howarth

The hon. Member wrote to my noble Friend, the Lord Williams of Mostyn, the Minister with responsibility for prisons and probation, and made representations over the telephone to the Director General of the Prison Service, requesting Mr. Bansal's transfer from Pentonville prison.

Mr. Vaz

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) when Mr. Sandeep Bansall will be moved from Pentonville prison; [65180]

(2) what steps have been taken by the prison authorities to place Mr. Sandeep Bansall nearer his family. [65179]

Mr. George Howarth

Mr. Sandeep Bansall was temporarily transferred on 22 December 1998 from Pentonville prison to Leicester prison. As this is a local prison, whose primary purpose is to serve the courts, he was then allocated to Ashwell, a training prison near Leicester, and moved there on 30 December 1998.