§ Mr. Cartwrightasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what sites he has considered or is considering in addition to that at Woolwich Arsenal for the location of a new London prison.
§ Mr. MayhewThe Department, with the help of the Property Services Agency, has been looking for two sites for new London prisons, one either side of the river and preferably to the east. So far the only vacant site, south of the river, of suitable size and location, which is known to be available at about the right time, is at Woolwich Arsenal. The search south of the river has embraced the boroughs of Lambeth, Southwark, Lewisham, Greenwich, Bexley and Bromley. It has extended also into Kent, where a new prison for sentenced inmates is being planned on the Isle of Sheppey.