§ Baroness Faithfullasked Her Majesty's Government:
In the light of successful treatment of sexual offenders, when the Home Secretary will give a considered reply to his verbal agreement of 4 May 1994 to consider the treatment of family men convicted of sexually abusing children to prevent further offences.
§ The Minister of State, Home Office (Baroness Blatch)We have the application for grant support from the Faithfull Foundation, together with a number of other applications, under careful consideration. We will, of course, make decisions on all the applications at the earliest opportunity, but this is not likely to be for some weeks yet.