Written question asked by Matthew Banks (Conservative), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 20 March 1997. It was answered by Ann Widdecombe (Conservative) on Thursday, 20 March 1997 on behalf of the Home Office.

Home Office

Question: What plans he has for contractually managed prisons to hold sentenced young offenders.

Answer: Mr. Matthew Banks: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has for contractually- managed prisons to hold sentenced young offenders. [21620] Miss Widdecombe: The Prison Service intends to hold sentenced young offenders in the new prisons which will be built and managed through the private finance initiative at Bridgend and Fazakerley after these open during the coming financial year. This will give the service greater flexibility in its use of the contractually-managed estate and help to meet its requirement for additional young offender places. My right hon. and learned Friend will today lay a statutory instrument before the House which makes the necessary consequential changes to the young offender institution rules.

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