HC Deb 03 March 1981 vol 1000 c103W
Mr. Brotherton

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what is the total sum of public money paid in social benefits to dependent relatives resident in Northern Ireland for the purpose of prison visits in Great Britain.

Mr. Alison

This information is not available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. However, £11,800 was paid in 1979 to facilitate visits by relatives resident in Northern Ireland to prisons in the United Kingdom as a whole.

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