HC Deb 22 November 1991 vol 199 c325W
Mr. Tony Banks

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what parts of Judge Tumim's report to him regarding the recent gaol escape from Brixton were not published; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Kenneth Baker

Her Majesty's chief inspector of prisons advised me that for reasons of security he believed that much of his report could not be published, and that to publish it as it stood would endanger the remaining security at Brixton and the safety of individuals. I concurred with that view and published those parts which Her Majesty's chief inspector of prisons considered could be published.

Mr. Tony Banks

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) whether the July 1991 Brixton escapees had or were made aware of any drawings or plans of the prison by any member of the prison staff;

(2) who authorised the activities organised by Staffordshire police in Brixton gaol in late 1990 and early 1991.

Mr. Kenneth Baker

The allegations on which the questions appear to be based fall to be considered by Mr. Colin Bailey, whose appointment was announced by the chief constable of Staffordshire on 20 November.