HC Deb 15 July 1971 vol 821 c138W
Mr. Mawby

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons normally resident in the South-West Region are serving sentences outside the region because of overcrowding, itemised by categories.

Mr. Carlisle

Information about the home addresses of prisoners is not collated centrally. In general, however, prisoners sentenced in the Prison Department, South-West Region serve their sentences in that Region, and are not transferred to prisons in other Regions solely to relieve the overcrowding in the South-West.