HC Deb 28 July 1989 vol 157 c970W
Mr. McNamara

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many prisoners were transferred from(a) Scotland to Northern Ireland and (b) from Northern Ireland to Scotland in the first six months of 1989; and under which section of the Criminal Justice Act 1961 such transfers were carried out.

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

One, from Scotland to Northern Ireland, under section (27) 1.