§ Ms Janet AndersonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the estimated cost of implementing(a) the Woodcock report, (b) the Learmont report and (c) the proposed changes to remission and sentencing. [39597]
§ Miss WiddecombeThe estimated costs of implementing the recommendations of the Woodcock report are being reconsidered in the light of Sir John Learmont's report.
Sir John Learmont's own assessment of the costs of his recommendations appears at appendix Q to his report.
173WDetails of the proposed changes in sentencing policy will be set out in a White Paper due to be published early next year.