§ Ms RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will arrange for the reports of the Home Office controller at the Wolds remand centre to be placed in the Library; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Peter LloydNo. The controller's reports on Wolds provide management information which, like such material on other prisons, is not made public. The report of HM chief inspector of prisons, who is due to carry out an inspection in May, will be published and the board of visitors will be publishing their report for 1992 on 6 April. The Prison Service intends to publish information about the performance of all prisons, directly and privately managed, on a regular basis in its annual report. An interim report on the Wolds will be published shortly, at the end of its first year of operation.
§ Ms RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which Prison Service practice or procedures are required to be followed by the contractor under the terms of the contract at HM prison Wolds.
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§ Mr. Peter LloydThe contractor is required to follow the practices or procedures relating to:
- Inmates Personal Record System (Form No. 2050);
- LIDS (the inmate database system);
- the reporting of population levels;
- Assisted Prison Visits Scheme;
- Prison Visitors Scheme.
§ Ms RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners are being held at the Wolds at the latest available date; and what proportion of them are from ethnic minority groups.
§ Mr. Peter LloydOn 19 March, 310 prisoners were unlocked at Wolds remand prison. Of these, 22—7.1 per cent.—were members of ethnic minority groups.