Written question asked by Fiona Mactaggart (Labour) on Monday, 16 July 2001, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 17 July 2001. It was answered by Baroness Hughes of Stretford (Labour) on Tuesday, 17 July 2001 on behalf of the Home Office.

Home Office

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to restructure the prison estate to accommodate the number of women being given custodial sentences and those people being detained for reasons of immigration; and if he will make a statement.

Answer: Fiona Mactaggart: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to restructure the prison estate to accommodate the number of women being given custodial sentences and those people being detained for reasons of immigration; and if he will make a statement. [4974] Beverley Hughes: The use of the prison estate is kept under constant review by the Prison Service Management Board and I have endorsed their decision to change the function of Downview male closed prison to become a female closed prison; to remove immigration detainees from Rochester, making the whole of that establishment a young offender institution; and for Dover young offender institution to become an establishment dedicated to immigration detainees.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 4974; 372 c132W
Session: 2001-02
Subjects: Detainees Women Migrants Prisons Prison accommodation Young offender institutions
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk