§ Lord Hyltonasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether, further to Baroness Blatch's Answer of 11th November (WA 84), they will list by categories the grounds on which 57 applications for prison transfers between England and Northern Ireland have been refused since 1st April 1994.
§ The Minister of State, Home Office (Baroness Blatch)The criteria under which transfer applications are considered were announced to Parliament on 23rd November 1992.
The 57 transfer applications refused since 1st April 1994 were refused on the following grounds:
Less than six months left to serve in receiving jurisdiction before release: 6.
Not ordinarily resident/no close family in receiving jurisdiction: 32.
Not satisfied will not disrupt prison establishment/pose risk to security: 10.
Substantial reduction in time to serve: 9.
Six requests were refused on the grounds that they failed to meet more than one of the criteria. These have been included under only the first of the criteria they failed to meet.