§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prison improvement programmes have been cancelled over the past 12 months; if he will list the prisons in England and Wales where this has happened; and what are the reasons for such cancellations.
§ 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 Ian Dunbar to Mr. Tom Cox, dated 28 March 1994:
The Home Secretary has asked me, in the absence of the Director General from the office, to reply to your recent Question about whether any building improvement programmes have been cancelled within the past twelve months.
Two schemes have been cancelled during the last twelve months at Brixton and Stocken on value for money grounds. An alternative solution is currently being considered for Brixton.