§ Mr. SteinbergTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 22 January,Official Report, column 54, what steps have been taken to recover the cell key lost at Frankland prison. [12023]
§ 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 Mr. Gerry Steinberg, dated 29 January 1996
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the loss of a cell key at Frankland prison.Following the loss of the cell key, an investigation was mounted and this is still continuing. The replacement of the locks at the prison has rendered the lost key ineffective.