HC Deb 14 July 1988 vol 137 c296W
Mr. Jack

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list all inquiries into proposed secure prisons and other penal institutions developments in the last five years, giving in each case where permission was refused his reasons for refusal.

Mr. Waldegrave

Two proposals for the development of prison establishments, at Ashford (Middlesex) and Woolwich, have been the subject of public local inquiries in the last five years. Both proposals were subsequently approved.