HC Deb 14 January 1994 vol 235 cc339-40W
Mrs. Roche

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the difference in cost to the user between card phones situated in prisons and those situated elsewhere.

Mr. Peter Lloyd

Responsibility for these matters 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 A. J. Butler to Mrs. Barbara Roche, dated 14 January 1994:

The Home Secretary has asked me, in the absence of the Director General from the office, to reply to your recent Question about the cost to the user of calls from card phones situated in prisons, and those situated elsewhere.

Calls from card phones situated in prisons are charged on exactly the same basis as calls from BT card phones situated elsewhere.