§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what discussions he has had with the inner London borough authorities who will shortly assume responsibility for education in their area, and have prisons within their boroughs, as to how they propose to develop education facilities for inmates within such local prisons.
§ Mr. MellorDiscussions have taken place with the appropriate London boroughs, resulting in agreement regarding the continued provision of teaching staff on secondment to the prison education service in respect of Brixton, Wandsworth and Wormwood Scrubs prisons, and for the new Belmarsh prison at Greenwich. Negotiations with the London borough of Islington regarding education provision at Holloway and Pentonville prisons have yet to be finalised.
It is considered that the proposed abolition of the ILEA and the assumption of responsibility for the provision of education facilities by the London boroughs should not lead to any diminution of these facilities.