HC Deb 10 July 1996 vol 281 cc174-5W
Mr. Alex Carlile

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department who conducts adjudications at private prisons in England and Wales. [36211]

Miss Widdecombe

Responsibility 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 10 July 1996:

The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about adjudications at contracted prisons.All adjudications at a contracted prison are carried out by the on-site Prison Service controller, who is a Crown servant.