§ 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 the current year; and under which section of the Criminal Justice Act 1961 such transfers were carried out.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonOne 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.