§ Mr. DevlinTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects to publish the results of the consultancy study by Deloitte, Haskins and Sells into the practical feasibility of involving the private sector in the operation of remand centres.
§ Mr. MellorThe report by Deloitte, Haskins and Sells, "Practicality of Private Sector Involvement in the Remand 723W System", was made public on 1 March 1989. A copy was placed in the Library. As my right hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Mr. Hurd) announced in his statement on that date at columns 277–78, further studies were needed before final decisions could be taken, and we are now considering the results of those studies.