§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department (Paul Goggins)I have today placed in the Libraries of the House copies of the Prison Service's second annual sustainable development report, covering the period April 2003 to March 2004.
The report sets out the significant progress being made by the service in addressing its sustainable development commitments. Most prisons are now more energy efficient, use more environmentally preferable goods and products, employ better waste management practices, and manage more sensitively the wildlife and habitats which exist on the prison estate. In addition, the report describes the service's social impacts in respect of reducing re-offending and improving prisoners' prospects on release.
The report also details the service's future aims, particularly for meeting the targets set under the Government's framework for sustainable development on the Government estate and the initiatives planned to continue its successes.