HC Deb 30 June 1989 vol 155 c567W
Mr. Vaz

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners were moved from Welford Road prison to(a) Stafford prison, (b) Ashwell prison, (c) Winson Green prison and (d) Littlehey prison for the weeks ended (i) 12 May, (ii) 19 May, (iii) 26 May, (iv) 9 June, (v) 16 June and (vi) 23 June; and what were the reasons for the moves.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

The information requested is as follows:

Numbers of prisoners moved from Her Majesty's prison Leicester to:
Her Majesty's prisons
Stafford Ashwell Birmingham Littlehey
Week ending:
12 May 10 4
19 May 4
26 May 2
9 June 7 3
16 June 8 5
23 June 9 10

All these transfers comprised normal allocations to training prisons except for the 10 who were sent to Her Majesty's prison Birmingham to relieve overcrowding at Leicester.

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