§ Mr, BeithTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if it is his Department's policy to release all probation circulars to the press. [6898]
§ Ms Joyce Quin[holding answer 7 July 1997]: Probation circulars are always made available to the media on request. Where they involve matters judged to be of particular public interest, steps are taken to give them to the media, sometimes with a Home Office press notice.