HC Deb 04 February 2002 vol 379 c668W
Dr. Vis

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications to see a member of the Board of Visitors have been made since April 2000. [29600]

Beverley Hughes

This information is not held centrally. All applications to the board from prisoners are recorded in a book which is inspected by the Governor on a regular basis. A manual count at each of the 136 establishments would be required and this would be time consuming and costly.