§ Ms RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what was the total cost of transferring prisoners from Blakenhurst prison to other prisons following the incident at Blakenhurst on 24 February;
(2) whether the inquiry into the incident at Her Majesty's Prison Blakenhurst on 24 February has yet been completed; and if the results will be made public.
§ Mr. Peter LloydResponsibility for these matters have 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 Ms Joan Ruddock, dated 18 April 1994:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Questions about the incident at Blakenhurst prison on 24 February, and the total cost of transferring prisoners from Blakenhurst to other prisons following that incident.United Kingdom Detention Services (UKDS) bore all the costs of transporting the prisoners after the incident and thus the Prison Service have not incurred additional expenditure.The report of the inquiry into the disturbance at Blakenhurst prison was submitted on 7 March 1994. Reports of such inquiries are internal management documents which we do not publish for the reasons given in my letter to you of 10 March [Official Report: Col. 360 10 March 1994].