Prisoners Release

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many prisoners in Northern Ireland were released into the custody of the UK Border Agency and its predecessors in each of the last 12 months. (244480)

From 1 December 2007 to 1 December 2008 the total number of prisoners released from custody in the Northern Ireland Prison Service to the UK Border Agency and its predecessors was 56, broken down by month as follows:

	Number
December 2007	1
January 2008	0
February 2008	2
March 2008	3
April 2008	10
May 2008	10
June 2008	7
July 2008	5
August 2008	2
September 2008	3
October 2008	4
November 2008	9

Volume 485: debated on Tuesday 16 December 2008