§ Mr. McNamaraTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the average length of custodial sentence of female prisoners in Scotland in 1986 and 1987.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe average length of custodial sentence imposed on female offenders in 1986 was 111 days and the provisional figure for 1987 is 115 days. Females sentenced to life imprisonment or indeterminate detention are not included in the above calculation.
§ Mr. McNamaraTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many prisoners were transferred from(a) Scotland to Northern Ireland and (b) Northern Ireland to Scotland in 1987; and under which section of the Criminal Justice Act 1961 such transfers were carried out.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonNone.