§ Mr. Barry FieldTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what progress the working party on prison catering has made in relation to prisons on the Isle of Wight.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggThe working party is to visit the Isle of Wight this month. It will then consider and cost alternatives including central civilianised or contracted out kitchens as proposed by Her Majesty's chief inspector of prisons following his visit to Parkhurst last year. Because two of the three prisons house prisoners for whom the very highest conditions of security are necessary the working party is taking account of operational as well as catering considerations.