§ Mr. Alex CarlileTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the 1996 to 1999 corporate plan for the Prison Service will be published; when he received the plan; what considerations underlie the time scale for publication; and if he will make a statement. [26661]
§ Miss WiddecombeResponsibility 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 Richard Tilt to Mr. Alex Carlile, dated 29 April 1996:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question on the 1996 to 1999 corporate plan for the Prison Service.We are currently discussing the final draft of our plan with Ministers, and we hope to be able to publish it within the next three or four weeks.