§ Miss Maynardasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many petitions have been received by his Department from prisoners serving sentences in D wing at Wormwood Scrubs prison concerning the conditions there since August 1979.
§ Mr. MayhewTwenty.
§ Miss Maynardasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners serving sentences in D wing at Wormwood Scrubs prison have made applications to the board of visitors in connection with the conditions there; and how many have made governor's applications in respect of the said conditions.
§ Mr. MayhewSince 31 August 1979 there have been 46 such applications to the board of visitors and about 400 to the governor.
§ Miss Maynardasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proposals he has for bringing the regime currently applicable in D wing at Wormwood Scrubs prison into line with the regime which applies in other dispersal prisons housing long-term prisoners, with particular reference to the matter of access to the gymnasium, association, hobbies, education and visits.
§ Mr. MayhewIt is not practicable to achieve complete uniformity of regimes of all dispersal prison establishments. There has been a steady improvement in conditions in D wing at Wormwood Scrubs prison, and efforts to maintain this improvement will continue.