§ Mr. Wheelerasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the present annual cost is of the lifers' unit in the prison department; and how the work of this unit relates to the Parole Board for England and Wales.
§ Mr. BrittanThe life section in the prison department costs £46,515 per annum. It provides professional advice to the Parole Board and to my right hon. Friend on the allocation of male adult life sentence prisoners and their progress through the prison system.