HC Deb 21 May 1997 vol 294 cc76-7W
Mr. Boswell

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what environmental impact assessment he has carried out of the proposals for a new Category `B' Prison at Onley. [130]

Ms Joyce Quin

An assessment of the visual impact of the proposed new prison has been carried out by independent consultants. An illustrative landscape scheme has been prepared on the basis of this assessment: a wildlife study will follow.