§ Mr. FatchettTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish the guidelines issued to the Prison Service concerning the tape recording of telephone conversations between prisoners and third parties; and if he will make a statement.
§ 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 Derek Lewis to Mr. Derek Fatchett, dated 28 March 1994:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the guidelines issued to the Prison Service concerning the tape recording of telephone conversations between prisoners and third parties.
559WGuidance on the operation of telephones for prisoners' use including the tape recording of conversations are set out in Prison Service Circular Instructions 21/1992 and Circular Instruction 50/1988, copies of which are in the Library.