Prisoners' Transfers: Northern Ireland
(asked on 24th November 2016) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many prisoners sentenced in Northern Ireland have been transferred to prisons in England and Wales in each of the last three years.
The table below gives the number of prisoners transferred from prisons in England and Wales to Northern Ireland and from prisons in Northern Ireland to England and Wales in the last 3 calendar years.
YEAR | FROM ENGLAND AND WALES TO NORTHERN IRELAND | FROM NORTHERN IRELAND TO ENGLAND AND WALES |
2013 | 11 | 2 |
2014 | 6 | 3 |
2015 | 12 | 3 |
The transfer of prisoners between UK jurisdictions is governed by the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997. Prisoners are able to apply to serve their sentences in their own jurisdiction close to home if they wish to do so. Few prisoners do so.