§ Mr. Harry GreenwayTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 30 March to the hon. Member for Lewisham, Deptford (Ms Ruddock),Official Report, column 113, what further consideration he has given to the consequences for the tendering out of the prison education service of the acquired rights directive.
§ Mr. Peter LloydResponsibility for this matter has been delegated to the director general of the prison service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Derek Lewis to Mr. Harry Green way, dated 8 May 1993: 360W
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question asking what further consideration has been given to the consequences for the competitive tendering of prison education of the Acquired Rights Directive.At those establishments where final decisions have not already been taken about who is to be the future provider of education services, the Prison Service will invite all the tenderers originally invited to bid to submit further bids on the basis that the European Community Acquired Rights Directive and the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 1981 will apply. This is without prejudice to whether or not an appeal is lodged against the High Court judgment in the case of Kenny and Woodroff v. South Manchester College.