HC Deb 31 March 1981 vol 2 c50W
Dr. Edmund Marshall

asked the Secretary for the Home Department when the working party set up by the Lord Chancellor and himself to consider the arrangements for escorting prisoners to, at and from court expects to report.

Mr. Mayhew

The function of the Home Office/Lord Chancellor's Department steering group is to promote the day-to-day co-ordination between the prison service and the courts and to advise on any matter arising. It was not formed for the purpose of preparing a single report.