Written question asked by Lord Avebury (Liberal Democrat), in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 4 July 1996. It was answered by Baroness Blatch (Conservative) on Thursday, 4 July 1996 on behalf of the HM Prison Service.

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Blatch, Baroness

Question

Whether, in the light of the Prison's Ombudsman's finding in Case No 10471/96 that at Pentonville the governor had failed to ensure that valid copies of Standing Orders were freely available in the Library for the information of both prisoners and staff, contrary to the provisions of Standing Order 7B, paragraph 32, and in view of the cost of paper and postage in distributing the frequent amendments to Standing Orders to every prison in England and Wales and the staff time necessary to ensure that the copies available are up to date, they will evaluate the use of the World Wide Web as a means of distribution of the Standing Orders and other prison documents that are in the public domain, as well as for confidential documents, using password protection. - Text of letter to Lord Avebury of Prison Service Agency.

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Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

573 c111-2WA

Session

1995-96

Subjects

Disclosure of information Internet Email Prisons Publications HM Prison Service Prison rules