HC Deb 12 July 1971 vol 821 cc36-7W
Mr. Clinton Davis

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT the nature of articles officially manufactured for sale by persons serving sentences in Her Majesty's Prisons in the London area.

Mr. Carlisle

The following articles are made for sale to Government Departments, public undertakings and private firms : protective clothing, tent equipment, mailbags, belts, haversacks, tool-bags, straps, suede garments, earth spikes, rope grommets and tags. General assembly work and packing is also done.

Mr. Clinton Davis

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department for how long goods have been manufactured by persons serving sentences in Her Majesty's Prisons in circumstances where such persons are working on contracts for factories.

Mr. Carlisle

For more than a century. Work of this kind has been further developed following the report in 1963 of the Advisory Council on the Employment of Prisoners, which recommended closer ties with outside industry.

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