HC Deb 16 December 1988 vol 143 c755W
Mr. Bermingham

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will outline the nature and extent of library services at Ashford remand centre; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

There are two library facilities available at this establishment. A non-fiction paperback collection is available on the two wings to which all inmates have access. There is a central library containing a non-fiction book stock which is situated in the education department to which all inmates who wish have access.