§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is his current estimate of the date at which overcrowding will be eliminated in prisons in England and Wales.
§ Mr. MellorThe prison building programme remains on target to provide sufficient places to bring accommodation into line with earlier projections of the prison population by the end of the decade. The latest projections, which take account of last year's surge in the population, make the position less certain.