§ Mr. Kilfedderasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what are his plans for reducing the cost of the prison and allied services in 1977.
§ Mr. JohnAs indicated in the White Paper on "Public Expenditure to 1979–80" (Cmnd. 6393), during 1977–78 there will be some reduction in both capital and current expenditure on the prison service. The bulk of the savings will be achieved by deferment of building schemes.