§ Mr. Hefferasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to improve the existing situation, namely, overcrowding, and so on, at Her Majesty's prisons, with particular reference to Liverpool prison.
§ Mr. BrittanThe new training prison at Wymott which received its first prisoners at the end of March should afford some relief of overcrowding at Liverpool as the population builds up during the next 12 months. More general relief will be afforded as the existing building programme continues. Its scale of provisions may need to be reviewed in the light of the recommendations of the inquiry into the United Kingdom prison services.