HC Deb 02 February 2000 vol 343 c594W
Mr. Maclean

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to use a computerised booking system for visits to prisoners. [107581]

Mr. Boateng

The use of a computerised booking system will be looked at during the course of a review of visits policy. Its feasibility will also be examined as part of the Prison Service public/private sector partnership project, Quantam, which aims to deliver improved services through the effective use of information technology.