§ 12. Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will make a statement about education facilities at Holloway prison.
§ Mr. MellorThe facilities for education at Holloway prison were inspected by Her Majesty's inspectors of schools between 26 and 30 March 1984 and their report was published on 14 February this year. Action on the report's recommendations will be taken when the Holloway special project committee gives us its report on the regime as a whole in July.
§ 47. Mr. Greenwayasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the current state of prison education at Holloway prison and other penal establishments.
§ Mr. MellorOn the question of Holloway, I would refer my hon. Friend to the reply given earlier today to a question from the hon. Member for Wolverhampton, North-East (Mrs. Short). More generally, the prison department is continuing the development of prison educational services reflecting the important role they play in prison regimes as a whole, in accordance with the Government reply to the first report from the Education, Science and Arts Committee, Session 1982–83, HC 45–1 (Cmnd. 9126).