§ Mrs. Ann TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if his Department is in negotiation with private companies for the management and staffing of remand centres.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggNo. Such negotiation would be premature until we have received and considered responses to the Green Paper "Private Sector Involvement in the Remand System" (July 1988 Cm. 434), and the report of the management consultants who have been engaged to study the practical aspects of the options set out in the Green Paper.