§ Mr. Malcolm BruceTo 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 QuinWe 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.