§ Mr. WrayTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what considerations led to the decision not to release externally the annual report of the independent board of visitors for the military corrective training centre and royal naval detention quarters. [24187]
§ Mr. SoamesThe reports rendered by the independent board of visitors for the military corrective training centre and the royal naval detention quarters comprise accounts 51W of their visits to the service detention facilities and are employed as an internal management tool to preserve an impartial overview of the running of the facility. There has previously been no indication of any interest in these reports outside my Department, but consideration will now be given to a formal, wider distribution of them.