HC Deb 29 March 1996 vol 274 c789W
Ms Janet Anderson

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will commission a study into the number and percentage of women prisoners who have been the victims of domestic violence. [22665]

Miss Widdecombe

Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the temporary Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.

Letter from Richard Tilt to Ms Janet Anderson, dated 29 March 1996:

The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question asking if he will commission a study into the number and percentage of women prisoners who have been the victims of domestic violence.

There are no plans to conduct such a study.