§ Mr. George HowarthTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what additional security measures were introduced at Her Majesty's prison, Blakenhurst following the publication of a photograph of a bunch of keys inThe Birmingham Post in 1994. [18715]
§ 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 Hugh Taylor to Mr. George Howarth, dated 11 March 1997:
The Home Secretary has asked me, in the absence of the Director General from the office, to reply to your recent Question about what additional security measures were introduced at Blakenhurst prison following the publication of a photograph of a bunch of keys in the Birmingham Post in 1994.
Following such an incident (in 1993 not 1994) locks in parts of the prison were replaced.