HC Deb 07 March 1996 vol 273 c315W
Dr. Godman

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many applications for transfer to prisons in(a) Northern Ireland and (b) the Republic of Ireland were made by Irish prisoners in each of the past 10 years; and how many were successful. [18071]

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

I refer the hon. Member to the information which the chief executive of the Scottish Prison Service gave to the hon. Member for Newry and Armagh (Mr. Mallon) in his letter dated Wednesday 28 February 1996,Official Report, column 619.