§ Mr. HoyleTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 4 February,Official Report, column 554, if he will publish a list showing which prison each of 25 reports awaiting publication refer to; and how long each report has been awaiting publication. [14862]
§ Miss WiddecombeThe 25 establishments for which, at 4 February, an inspection report had been received from Her Majesty's chief inspector of prisons but had not yet been published, and the date on which the report was received from the inspectorate by my right hon. and learned Friend, is set out in the table:
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Establishment Date inspection report was received by the Home Secretary Acklington 16 December 1996 Albany 22 October 1996 Belmarsh 17 December 1996 Channings Wood 22 October 1996 Chelmsford 16 December 1996 Dartmoor 29 August 1996 Dover 7 October 1996 Eastwood Park 6 January 1997 Everthorpe 14 November 1996 Featherstone 15 August 1996 Gloucester 22 October 1996 Guys Marsh 29 November 1996
Establishment Date inspection report was received by the Home Secretary Hatfield 8 October 1996 Holloway 14 August 1996 Lancaster Castle 18 November 1996 Low Newton 22 October 1996 Onley 19 June 1996 Portland 8 October 1996 Ranby 15 August 1996 Risley 3 September 1996 Shepton Mallet 6 November 1996 Usk/Prescoed 14 November 1996 The Verne 15 August 1996 Whitemoor 29 November 1996 Wormwood Scrubs 31 October 1996 The reports of the inspections of Portland and Hatfield were published on 13 February and 17 February respectively and those of four establishments, Guys Marsh, Holloway, Low Newton and Risley, will be published on 21 February.
The reports of the inspections of the following 10 establishments are expected to be published during February and March: Channings Wood, Dartmoor, Dover, Featherstone, Gloucester, Lancaster Castle, Onley, Ranby, The Verne and Wormwood Scrubs.
The remaining nine reports are under consideration. They will be published as soon as possible, but action in response to the recommendations made in an inspection report does not wait until publication of the report.