§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 24 June 1998,Official Report, column 519, what estimate he has made of the cost of the increase in prison population for each of the next 10 years. [48264]
§ Ms QuinThe Government are reviewing Prison Service spending after 1998–99, including the long-term need for additional accommodation to meet the projected rise in the prison population, as part of the Comprehensive Spending Review.