HC Deb 03 November 1994 vol 248 c1354W
Ms Ruddock

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will provide a breakdown of(a) staff posts by rank and (b) actual numbers in post at the following prisons: Wolds, Blakenhurst, Manchester and Doncaster at the latest available date.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

[holding answer 24 October 19941: Responsibility 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 Ms Joan Ruddock, dated 3 November 1994: The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the staffing levels at Wolds, Blakenhurst, Manchester and Doncaster prisons. The table below shows the staffing figures at these prisons at 19 October 1994.

Mr. Nicholas Baker

The Government understand the concerns about the activities of certain organisations. The Government have no power to ban such groups.

Where allegations of child abuse or any other wrong doing are made against groups or individuals it would be a matter for the police to investigate.