HC Deb 04 April 1995 vol 257 cc1023-4W
Mr. Jim Cunningham

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Social Security about his plan to reduce housing benefit to prisoners and on how this would affect the number of offences committed by these individuals. [17504]

Mr. Michael Forsyth

The proposal has been the subject of routine exchanges between Ministers and officials of the two Departments about its implementation.