HC Deb 04 April 1995 vol 257 cc1027-8W
Mr. Jim Cunningham

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list visits he has made to prison establishments in other countries since his appointment as Home Secretary; what was the duration of these visits; and if he will make a statement on the discussions he had with the prison authorities at each of these prisons. [16762]

Mr. Howard

During a visit to the United States in January this year I visited the following establishments:

Date Establishment
2 January 1995 (0930–1115) Hernando County Jail, Brookeville, Florida
4 January 1995 (0830–1030) Lockhart Work Programme Facility, Texas
4 January 1995 (1100–1330) Kyle Pre-lease Centre, Texas
5 January 1995 (1000–1030) Harris County Sheriff's Department Boot Camp

It is not my practice to disclose details of discussions I may have had.

Mr. Jim Cunningham

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what discussions he has had with his counterparts in other countries relating to prisons in the last three years. [16764]

Mr. Howard

It is not usual practice to disclose details of discussions of this kind.