§ Sir Alan HaselhurstTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what consideration is being given to the former Air Force base at Ridgewell in Essex as the site for a new high security prison; and if he will make a statement. [41709]
§ Miss WiddecombeResponsibility for this matter has been delegated to the temporary Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Richard Tilt to Sir Alan Haselhurst, dated 6 November 1995:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the former airforce base at Ridgewell in Essex as I have operational responsibility for the Prison Service.
The Prison Service has not been considering this site for a new high security prison. If the site is available, the Prison Service will examine its suitability as a potential site for new prison development.