§ Mr. Soleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department on how many occasions in each year since 1965 section 44(2) of the Prison Act 1952 has been used to transfer a borstal trainee to prison; and in how many cases since 1965 this has resulted in prisoners serving longer sentences, as a result of lost remission, than they would have served had they not been so transferred.
§ Mr. BrittanTransfers from borstal to prison under section 44(2) of the Prison Act 1952 are infrequent and regular statistics are not kept. Since the beginning of 1978 there have been eight such transfers. I am making inquiries about286W the periods spent in custody by the offenders concerned and will write to the hon. Member.