§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what action the heads of all his Department's executive agencies are taking to protect pre-retirement courses from being abandoned in the event of such agencies seeking to make economies; and if he will make a statement. [9133]
§ Mr. HowardPre-retirement courses continue to be run for staff in the Home Office and its agencies, apart from the Prison Service, by the main Home Office. In the Prison Service courses are organised by the Prison Service college. There are no plans for any reductions in the number of courses.