§ Ms RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department in which prisons in England and Wales prisoners compacts are in operation; what is the, procedure by which the content of the individual compact is decided; 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 A. J. Butler to Ms Joan Ruddock, dated 26 May 1994:
The Home Secretary has asked me, in the absence of the Director General from the office, to reply to your recent Question 269W asking which prisons in England and Wales prisoners compacts are in operation; what is the procedure by which the content of the individual compact is decided; and if he will make a statement.Listed below are those establishments which, in June 1993, the latest date for which the information is available, were operating prisoners compacts:
- Blantyre House
- Brinsford
- Bristol (Pilot scheme in one wing)
- Canterbury (Unconvicted wing and Resettlement wing)
- Cardiff (Remand wing)
- Deerbolt (Pilot scheme)
- Drake Hall
- Erlestoke (Education Department)
- Haslar
- Kirklevington Grange
- Leyhill
- Lindholme (One wing)
- Low Newton
- Manchester (Education Department)
- Moorland
- Swinfen Hall
- Thorn Cross
- Thorpe Arch
- Werrington
- Wetherby
Compacts were also being experimented with at the following establishments:
- Bullwood Hall
- Downview
- Frankland
- Hull
- Latchmere House
- Morton Hall
- North Sea Camp
- Norwich
- Rudgate
- Swaleside
- Usk/Prescoed
- Wakefield
- Whitemoor
- Wolds
The procedure by which the content of the individual compact is decided is a matter for the governor of the establishment concerned, taking account of advice which was issued in December 1993. This set out a model prisoner compact and advice on developing a compact locally.