§ 51. Mr. Archerasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will arrange, prior to the release of a prisoner, for his National Insurance card to be stamped for the period of his detention.
§ Mr. Roy JenkinsNational Insurance Regulations do not permit prisoners in common with certain other classes of person, to have their National Insurance cards stamped at the employed person's rate unless they are working under a contract of service for an outside employer, as under the hostel and working out schemes. There are difficulties in making an exception in favour of prisoners in this respect.