HC Deb 06 July 1988 vol 136 c585W
Mr. Leigh

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proposals there are to develop prisons on the surplus sites listed by the Secretary of State for Defence in the answer to the hon. Member for Gainsborough and Horncastle on 27 June.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

Of the 34 listed sites in England and Wales. 17 have been considered and rejected as unsuitable for prison purposes, except for Binbrook, and the remainder are under consideration; none of these could, however, meet the need which would be met by Binbrook.