§ Mr. Bryant Godman Irvineasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department who decides when prisoners convicted of a crime of violence may be included in an outside working party; and what grounds are required for such a decision.
§ Mr. Elystan MorganOther than for a prisoner who is in security Category A, the top security classification, it is not an inflexible rule that a man convicted of an offence of violence should in no circumstances be allowed to work outside a prison, and prison Governors have discretion to allocate prisoners, other than those in Category A, to outside working parties. The nature of a prisoner's current and previous convictions are given great weight in considering his suitability for an outside working party, but other factors are his general history; his conduct, attitude and response to training during his sentence; and the stage of his sentence which has been reached.