§ Mr. Robert McCartneyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners in British prisons were sentenced in other countries and later transferred to the United Kingdom; from what countries; and if he will indicate whether they are subject to differing releases rules or prison regimes. [42143]
§ Miss WiddecombeResponsibility for this matter has been delegated to the temporary Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from David Scott to Mr. Robert McCartney, dated 8 November 1995:
The Home Secretary has asked me, in the absence of the Director General from the office, to reply to your recent Question about the number of British prisoners sentenced in other countries and returned to prisons in the United Kingdom.Details of such transfers are given in the attached table.Prisoners transferred to the United Kingdom are subject to the same statutory and other provisions relating to release and prison regimes as prisoners sentenced within the receiving jurisdictions.
Prisoners transferred into the United Kingdom 1990 1991 1992 1993 19941 Belgium — 1 — — — Cyprus — — — 1 1 Czech Rep — — — — 1 Denmark — — 1 1 2 Finland — 1 — 1 1 France — 1 2 — — Germany — — — — 1 Holland — 2 — 1 — Spain — 1 3 — — Sweden — — 1 — 4 Thailand — — — 2 — United States — — 2 5 6 Total 0 6 9 11 16 1 Figures for 1994 exclude transfers to prisons in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
§ Mr. McCartneyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many foreign prisoners have been handed over to the prison authorities of other countries for continuation of their sentence; and if he will indicate to which countries and by what authority in each of the last five years. [42144]
§ Miss WiddecombeResponsibility for this matter has been delegated to the temporary Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
1028WLetters from David Scott to Mr. Robert McCartney, dated 8 November 1995:
The Home Secretary has asked me, in the absence of the Director General from the office, to reply to your recent Question about the number of foreign national prisoners transferred to other countries to continue their prison sentences, over the last five years.Details of such transfers are given in the attached table.These transfers have taken place under the provisions of the Repatriation of Prisoners Act 1984.
Outward transfers between the years 1990–94 1990 1991 1992 1993 19941 Belgium — 1 5 5 — Canada — — 2 — — Cyprus — — — — 1 Gibraltar — — — 2 — Greece 1 — — — — Holland 2 4 8 1 4 Italy — — 3 1 — Luxembourg — 1 — — — Spain — 1 — — — Sweden 1 — — — — United States 9 10 — — — Total 13 17 18 9 5 1 Figures for 1994 exclude transfers to prisons in Scotland and Northern Ireland.