Written question asked by Tom Cox (Labour), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 26 June 1995. It was answered by Lord Forsyth of Drumlean (Conservative) on Monday, 26 June 1995 on behalf of the Home Office.

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Home Office;Prison Service

Question

If he will list the foreign language prison information packs which are available for prisons in England and Wales; how such information packs are obtained; and if prisons requiring such information packs are required to pay for them; if a list is kept in prisons of prison officers who are able to speak a foreign language; what funding has been made available to the foreign national liaison committee in prison in England and Wales; and what system exists to help foreign nationals who are held in custody on possible immigration offences and who do not wish to make contact with their high commission or embassy. - Text of letter from Derek Lewis of Prison Service Agency.

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Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

262 c492-3W

Session

1994-95

Subjects

Detainees Government departments Languages Foreign nationals Migrants Prisons Publications Staff

Contains statistics

Yes