HC Deb 21 June 1978 vol 952 c249W
Miss Maynard

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether different criteria are applied to the application for transfer of prisoners from Northern Ireland to Great Britain than for those applications which request transfer from Great Britain to Northern Ireland.

Mr. Concannon

I shall reply to the hon. Member as soon as possible.

Order placed Planned completion date Date phased delivery completed
December 1975 (prototypes) 10th January 1977.
December 1976 March 1977 28th January 1978.
September 1977 December 1977 19th April 1978.
February 1978 July 1978 some vehicles received but order not yet completed.
March 1978 September 1978 some vehicles received but order not yet completed.
April 1978 October 1978 Not yet completed.
May 1978 October 1978 Not yet completed.

I do not believe that it would be in the best interests of security for me to give precise details of the numbers of vehicles involved in each order.

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