§ Lord Harris of Greenwichasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many organisations and individuals had by 2 October expressed support for the Government's proposals relating to the Prison and Probation Inspectorates; and how many had opposed them. [HL40003]
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office (Lord Bassam of Brighton)Out of the initial 42 stakeholders, government departments, voluntary organisations, interested parties and various trade unions who were invited to comment, six responses had been received as at 2 October. Of the options identified by the consultation document:
one respondent has favoured Option A—Maintaining Current Arrangements;
one respondent has favoured Option B—Establishing Terms of Reference for the Inspection of Joint Working combining it with option C;
two respondents have favoured Option C—Sharing Inspectors Between the Two Inspectorates; and
option D—Joint Chief Inspector for Prisons and Probation, has not been a favoured option by any respondent.
The other two respondents were not definitive in their responses to the options proposed.
The date for the conclusion of the consultation exercise is 31 October 2000.