§ Mr. MichaelTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what is his target date for the opening of each of his proposed secure training centres;
(2) what target date he has set by which he intends that all five secure training centres shall be open and accepting referrals.
§ Mr. MacleanThe centres will open as soon as possible after Royal Assent to the Criminal Justice and Public Order Bill.
§ Mr. MichaelTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 17 December,Official Report, column 952, whether he will now identify the region in which each of his five proposed secure training centres is to be sited and list the counties to be served in each case.
§ Mr. MacleanFinal decisions have not yet been reached. The notice recently placed in theOfficial Journal of the European Community invited expressions of interest from companies to finance, design, build/refurbish, operate and maintain secure training centres either on Home Office land or on alternative sites which they would themselves propose. The deadline for receipt of applications is 11 February 1994.
§ Mr. MichaelTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether all the running costs of his proposed secure training centres will be met by his Department.
§ Mr. MacleanRunning costs will be met by the contractor(s), who will be reimbursed by the Home Office.