§ Lord McNairasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether Prison Standing Order 7A still applies to the same three groups specified in Circular Instruction 51/1959 Standing Order Amendment 444.
§ The Minister of State, Home Office (Baroness Blatch)Responsibility 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 to Lord McNair from the temporary Director General of the Prison Service, Mr. Richard Tilt, dated 15th February 1996:
Lady Blatch has asked me to reply to your recent Question about Standing Order 7A and Circular Instruction 51/1989.
Paragraph 3 of Prison Standing Order 7A does still apply to the three groups specified in paragraph 4 of Circular Instruction 51/1989.