HC Deb 18 February 1997 vol 290 cc526-7W
Sir Ivan Lawrence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects to publish the annual report of the Prison Service agency for 1995–96. [15507]

Miss Widdecombe

[holding answer 17 February 1997]: 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 Sir Ivan Lawrence, dated 18 February 1997: The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the publication date of the Annual Report of the Prison Service Agency 1995–96. The preparation of the Annual Report is now in its final stages. Arrangements for printing and distributing will be made soon and I expect it to be published shortly.