HC Deb 18 November 1976 vol 919 c655W
32. Mr. Beith

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether it is his policy that notice to quit should be issued to widows whose husbands die while they are the tenants of service houses attached to Her Majesty's prisons.

Mr. John

Yes. It is not unfortunately possible in an operational service to allow the widow of a deceased officer to retain his quarter indefinitely, and in order to protect its position in relation to future use of the house the Department has no option but to issue a notice to quit. Every effort is made, however, to delay the recovery of possession for as long as possible and to assist the widow, through the Department's Staff Welfare Service, in her resettlement.