HC Deb 28 January 1988 vol 126 c305W
Mr. Barry Field

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to increase the special prison library grant.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

Each year, a payment is made to public library authorities for the provision of library services in prison establishments. The payment is based on a formula agreed with the local authority asssociations and takes account each year of current costs in the public library service. There are no plans to change the basis on which these payments are made.