HC Deb 23 February 1998 vol 307 c47W
Mr. Malcolm Bruce

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in relation to his written answer of 13 February 1998,Official Report, column 402, on the Prison Service, what additional amount of money he has allocated to prisons expenditure in 1998–99; what amount of this is to be allocated from the contingency reserve; and if he will make a statement. [30510]

Ms Quin

We must examine the scope for savings elsewhere in the programme in the course of the coming year before any claim on the Reserve is considered.