HC Deb 19 January 1995 vol 252 cc676-7W
Mr. Allen

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when his Department will be pursuing disciplinary proceedings against the prison staff involved in restraining Omasase Lumumba in Pentonville prison.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

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 Mr. Graham Allen, dated 19 January 1995: The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about disciplinary action against the prison staff involved in restraining Mr Omasase Lumumba in Pentonville prison. A full internal Prison Service investigation into the death of Mr Lumumba concluded that there was no evidence to justify disciplinary action against any individual officer. That remains the position.