HC Deb 01 November 1988 vol 139 c618W
Mr. McNamara

To 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 the current year; and under which section of the Criminal Justice Act 1961 such transfers were carried out.

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

One inmate has been transferred temporarily from Scotland to Northern Ireland on two separate occasions, once under section (29)1 and again under section (27)1.