§ Mr. WorthingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the membership of the preliminary review committee of Saughton prison in Edinburgh; and what overlap there is in the membership of that committee with those taking day to day responsibility for prisoners.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonNo individual prison has a preliminary review committee. The preliminary review committee for life sentence prisoners is chaired by a senior Scottish Office official and its membership comprises a High Court judge, the chairman and a psychiatrist member of the Parole Board for Scotland and the deputy chief executive of the Scottish Prison Service. None of these is involved in day-to-day management of prisoners.
§ Mr. WorthingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many prisoners in Saughton prison, Edinburgh, were not told of their right to make written representations to the preliminary review committee.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe information is not available.