HC Deb 26 May 1977 vol 932 c578W
Mr. Kilroy-Silk

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many requests for transfer to prisons in other parts of the country in order to be near their families have been made by prisoners in each year since 1972; and of these requests how many were granted in each year.

Mr. John

This information is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.