Prisoners' Transfers
(asked on 7th November 2014) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have been transferred from prisons in England to prisons in Scotland in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
From 1 January 2011 to the 31 December 2013 a total of 158 prisoners were transferred between prisons in Scotland and in England and Wales. The table below, sets out the totals that have transferred between the jurisdictions in each of the last three calendar years.
Year of Transfer | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
Transfers to Scotland from England and Wales | 34 | 19 | 21 |
Transfers to England and Wales from Scotland | 31 | 32 | 21 |
The transfer of prisoners between the United Kingdom jurisdictions is governed by Schedule 1 of the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997, which provides for time limited and non-time limited transfers to assist prisoners in facilitating family contact and resettlement in the receiving jurisdiction. Transfers under these provisions are voluntary and require an application from the prisoner.
The numbers reported here are drawn from a Prison Service Case Tracking System. Care is taken when processing these cases but the figures may be subject to inaccuracies associated with any recording system.