HL Deb 22 October 1980 vol 413 cc2036-7WA
Lord AVEBURY

asked Her Majesty's Government:

When they now expect to publish the assessment of the working of the parole scheme after the first 10 years, mentioned in the reply by Lord Belstead in column 2 of the Offical Report, Vol. 401 on 2nd July 1979, and referred to a year later in paragraph 54 of the Report on the Work of the Prison Department 1979, published in July 1980; and whether they will now amend the proposed assessment, to cover the first 11 years of the parole scheme.

Lord BELSTEAD

The report is in the final stages of preparation and will cover the first 11 years of the parole scheme.