§ 31. Mr. Stephen Rossasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what progress has been made with regard to the policy of giving prison officers greater flexibility over residential accommodation outside the immediate environs of prison establishments.
§ Dr. SummerskillIt is our aim, in consultation with the Prison Officers' Association, to reduce the numbers of official quarters so as to enable more officers to live in their own homes. But there will remain a continuing need for houses in the immediate vicinity of prisons.