HC Deb 18 July 1994 vol 247 cc32-3W
Mr. Cox

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the official foreign language prison documents available to foreign prisoners being held in prisons in England and Wales.

Mr. Peter Lloyd

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 Mr. Tom Cox, dated 18 July 1994: The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the official foreign language documents that are available to foreign prisoners being held in prisons in England and Wales.

The foreign language documents issued centrally by the Prison Service are:

  • The Prisoners' Information Pack
  • The Foreign Prisoners' Resource Pack
  • The Race Relations Policy Statement
  • Custody, Care and Justice: The way ahead for the Prison Service in England and Wales
  • How to make a request or a complaint
  • Information on the Repatriation of Prisoners Act 1984.
Other foreign language documents may also have been produced locally by establishments or by other agencies, but details are not kept centrally.