HC Deb 20 January 1998 vol 304 c516W
Mr. Bob Russell

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will publish his response to the report by board of visitors to the young offenders institution at the Military Corrective Training Centre at Colchester. [23302]

Ms Quin

I will respond to the Colchester Board of Visitors' annual report once we have made a final decision about the future of the establishment. Ministerial responses to the Boards of Visitors' Annual Reports, which take the form of a letter to the Chairman of the relevant Board, are not ordinarily published. However, I do encourage those Boards who place their annual reports on to the Penal Lexicon similarly to place my response.

Mr. Bob Russell

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the future of the young offenders institution at the Military Corrective Training Centre at Colchester. [23301]

Ms Quin

I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave to the right hon. Member for Maidstone and The Weald (Miss Widdecombe) on 15 January 1998,Official Report, column 284.