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Closed Circuit Television

Sir Graham Bright: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 20 June, Official Report, columns 141-42, about funding for closed circuit television, (1) how many cameras it is estimated this funding will lead to; [40097]

Mr. Maclean: I will write to my hon. Friend.

Correspondence

Mr. Devlin: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will reply to the letter from Ken Peace of the United Reformed Church Tees district council about immigration matters dated 16 May. [39027]

Miss Widdecombe [holding answer 23 July 1996]: A reply was sent to Mr. Peace on 22 July.

Departmental Legal Costs

Mr. Alan Williams: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 17 July, Official Report, column 550, which sections in his Department made the payments for external legal costs in the cases in which his Departments has been judged to have acted unlawfully; which section or office holder is responsible for ensuring that these external costs are not excessive and how this is achieved; where the records are kept of each case in the last five years in which his Department's actions have been judged to be unlawful; if the personal injury claims arose from the unlawful action; what was the method of recording the total external legal costs of each of these actions; and if Ministers are informed of costs (a) as cases progress and (b) at the end of a case. [38887]

Mr. Howard [holding answer 22 July 1996]: My previous reply of 17 July, Official Report, column 550, explained that my Department does not keep central records of all the legal cases against it over the past 200 years. In the circumstances it is impossible to provide the details requested without incurring disproportionate costs.

Prisons (Purposeful Activity)

Mr. George Howarth: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list (i) the latest

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available figures, (ii) the figures for 1992, (iii) those for 1988 and (iv) those for 1987 for the average amount of time prisoners spend in purposeful activity in each category C prison. [38748]

Miss Widdecombe [holding answer 22 July 1996]: Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.

Letter from Richard Tilt to Mr. George Howarth, dated 24 July 1996:


Prisons (Rehabilitative Courses)

Mr. George Howarth: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list (i) the latest available figures, (ii) the figures for 1992, (iii) those for 1988, and (iv) those for 1987 for the average number of hours prisoners spend on rehabilitative courses aimed at addressing (a) offending behaviour and (b) drug use for each category C prison. [38751]

Miss Widdecombe [holding answer 22 July 1996]: Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.

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Letter from Richard Tilt to Mr. George Howarth, dated 24 July 1996:


Prisons (Cell Sharing)

Mr. George Howarth: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list (i) the latest available figures, (ii) the figures for 1992, (iii) those for 1988 and (iv) those for 1987 for the number of prisoners sharing two to a cell designed for one for each category C prison. [38747]

Miss Widdecombe: Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.

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Letter from Richard Tilt to Mr. George Howarth, dated 24 July 1996:


Prisons (Unlocked Time)

Mr. George Howarth: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list (a) the latest available figures, (ii) the figures for 1992, (iii) those for 1988 and (iv) those for 1987 for the average amount of time prisoners spend unlocked on weekdays for each category C prison. [38749]

Miss Widdecombe [holding answer 22 July 1996]: Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.

Letter from Richard Tilt to Mr. George Howarth, dated 24 July 1996:


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