§ Mr. Alex CarlileTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the Home Office report on the Learmont recommendations will be published; for how long he has had the report; what are the reasons for the time taken to publish the report; and if he will make a statement. [26668]
§ Miss Widdecombe[holding answer 29 April 1996]: My right hon. and learned Friend gave his initial response to the report on 16 October 1995, when he dealt with the key recommendations. He agreed that the Prison Service should take forward the policy reviews recommended by Sir John Learmont. My right hon. and learned Friend said that he would come back to the House with a full report in due course. He will do so when he receives the findings of these major reviews.
§ Mr. CarlileTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what extra funding is being made available to meet the cost of implementing the recommendations arising from the Learmont report; and if he will make a statement. [26669]
§ Miss Widdecombe[holding answer 29 April 1996]: The cost of implementing recommendations arising from the Learmont report is being examined as part of the preparation of my right hon. and learned Friend's response to the report.