Written question asked by Huw Edwards (Labour) on Monday, 13 December 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 10 January 2005. It was answered by Paul Goggins (Labour) on Monday, 10 January 2005 on behalf of the Home Office.

Home Office

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the weekly reports he has requested on the management of sex offenders at HMP Prescoed.

Answer: Mr. Edwards: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the weekly reports he has requested on the management of sex offenders at HMP Prescoed. [205493] Paul Goggins: Each week I receive from the Governor of Frescoed prison a report on the number of sex offenders held there. This report includes details of the sentence each prisoner is serving, the offence and the time served, the progress the prisoner is making and the type of work the prisoner is doing. The report also includes the same details for any prisoners expected to transfer to Frescoed from Usk in the following week. These weekly reports enable me to monitor the arrangements for sex offenders placed at Frescoed and to ensure that those transferring to Frescoed meet the criteria which the Prison Service set, and which I endorsed, namely that life sentenced prisoners should have received a Parole Board recommendation for open conditions, and that determinate sentenced prisoners should be within one year of release.

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