§ Ms. RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what advice his Department has issued on the handling of prisoners' mail; to what extent the handling of mail is a matter for the discretion of the governor of each individual prison; and if he will set out the grounds on which mail may be withheld from prisoners.
§ Mr. Peter LloydGuidance to governors on the handling of prisoners' correspondence is set out in standing order 5 and circular instruction 10/1991, copies of which are in the Library.