HC Deb 02 May 1989 vol 152 cc31-2W
Mr. Bermingham

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many responses he has received from organisations and individuals to the Green Paper "Punishment, Custody in the Community"; and how many of those organisations and individuals support the need for a new punishment in the custody order as outlined in part 3 of the aforenamed document.

Mr. John Patten

Over 160 responses have been received. The Green Paper put forward three possible variations of the new sentence, which would have a number of components. Those who replied frequently supported some elements but not others.

Mr. Bermingham

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list comprehensively those organisations which have so far submitted a response to the Home Office Green Paper, "Punishment, Custody in the Community" published in July 1988.

Mr John Patten

The main organisations who responded to the Green Paper are as follows. In addition, responses were received from 59 probation services, probation committees and liaison committees, from 16 magistrates groups, benches and juvenile panels, from four social service departments and from a wide range of interested individuals and groups.

Organisations who submitted comments on 'Punishment, Custody and the Community'

  • The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs
  • Aquarius
  • Coventry and Warwickshire Alcohol Advisory Service
  • The Conservative Women's National Committee
  • The Labour Campaign for Criminal Justice
  • Greater Manchester Police Authority
  • The Police Federation of England and Wales
  • The Police Superintendents' Association
  • The Offenders Tag Association
  • Forum for Initiatives on Reparation and Mediation
  • Yorkshire and Humberside Intermediate Treatment Association
  • Leeds Adult Tracking
  • The Prison Reform Trust
  • Action on Youth Crime
  • London and Southwark Prison and Penal Reforms Group
  • The Association for Juvenile Justice
  • The Children's Legal Centre
  • Corby and Kettering Juvenile Liaison Bureau
  • The Children's Society
  • Barnardos
  • Save the Children
  • The Rainer Foundation
  • Community Service Volunteers
  • Nottingham Black Initiative
  • The National Association of Victim Support Schemes
  • Bristol Victims Support Scheme
  • The Football League
  • The Trades Union Congress
  • The National Association of Local Government Officers
  • The Crown Prosecution Service
  • The Magistrates' Association
  • The Association of Chief Officers of Probation
  • The National Association of Probation Officers
  • The National Association of Senior Probation Officers
  • The Central Council of Probation Committees
  • The National Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders
  • The Prison Governors' Association
  • The Justices' Clerks' Society
  • The Association of County Councils
  • The Association of Directors of Social Services