§ Mr. George HowarthTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners were declassified from A to B and B to C during the last 12 months.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythResponsibility 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. George Howarth, dated 6 February 1995:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the number of prisoners who have been declassified from A to B and B to C during the last 12 months.During the period from January to December 1994, 25 prisoners were recategorised from category A to B.Recategorisations from category B to C are the responsibility of Governors of prisons and no central records are kept. I regret, therefore, that the information requested about this group of prisoners is not available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.