§ Ms RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on how many occasions money has been withheld from United Kingdom Detention Services Ltd. for giving an unsatisfactory performance or failing to provide the required service; what were the circumstances on each occasion including dates and the nature of the failure; and what were the amounts witheld on each occasion.
§ Mr. Peter Lloyd[holding answer 30 June 1994]: Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Derek Lewis to Ms Joan Ruddock, dated 4 July 1994:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the number of occasions money has been withheld from UKDS for giving an unsatisfactory performance or failing to provide the required service; the circumstances and the amounts withheld.The only occasion on which money was withheld from UKDS is set out in my letter to you of 29 June (Hansard Col. 627).