Prison Transfers

HC Deb 19 January 1993 vol 217 cc224-5W

Mr. McNamara

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many applications have been received for transfers from prisons in Scotland to Northern Ireland, from(a) loyalist prisoners, (b) republican prisoners, (c) men and (d) women; and how many of each of these applications have been accepted.

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

The information available is as follows:

	Number of requests (no women applied)	Agreed
1985	3	2
1986	1	1
1987	3	—
1988	2	1
1989	1	—
1990	15	2
1991	24	1
1992	5	33
1 One withdrawn.
2 Two withdrawn.
3 One still under consideration.

Prisoners in Scotland are not classified by reference to the political or other motivation of their offences.

Revised criteria for interjurisdiction transfers were announced in the Official Report, 23 November 1992, columns 476–77.