§ Lord Evans of Parksideasked Her Majesty's Government:
What progress the Prison Service has made in the past year towards improving its environmental performance. [HL5428]
§ Lord Falconer of ThorotonThe Prison Service continues to make progress in this area. During the past year there have been a number of achievements as regards biodiversity, energy efficiency, procurement, transport and waste management. These are described in the service's second annual environmental report which is published today, a copy of which has been placed in the Library.
In introducing a formal greening operations policy in March 2002, the Director-General of the Prison Service made clear his own personal commitment to improving the environmental performance of the service. A challenging programme of work in line with that commitment, and detailed in the report, has been set for the current year.