Whether persons serving custodial sentences are entitled to claim (a) working tax credits, or (b) any other tax credits; and, if so, how much has been paid in each of the past two financial years; and to how many claimants.

Whether persons serving custodial sentences are entitled to claim (a) working tax credits, or (b) any other tax credits; and, if so, how much has been paid in each of the past two financial years; and to how many claimants.

What plans are in place, or under discussion, to make electronic patient records accessible in prisons.

What plans are in place, or under discussion, to make electronic patient records accessible in prisons.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the oral answer of 9 October 2006, Official Report, column 38, with which European countries he has discussed the repatriation of foreign prisoners.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the oral answer of 9 October 2006, Official Report, column 38, with which European countries he has discussed the repatriation of foreign prisoners.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether people serving prison sentences in the UK are entitled to tax credits; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether people serving prison sentences in the UK are entitled to tax credits; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what research his Department has (a) conducted and (b) examined on the effect of prisoner education on re-offending rates; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what research his Department has (a) conducted and (b) examined on the effect of prisoner education on re-offending rates; and if he will make a statement.

(2) how many inquiries were conducted at each London prison establishment into allegations of prisoner abuse in each year since 1998; and if he will make a statement.

(2) how many inquiries were conducted at each London prison establishment into allegations of prisoner abuse in each year since 1998; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if he will list the inquiries conduced at HM Prison (a) Wandsworth, (b) Wormwood Scrubs, (c) Pentonville and (d) Belmarsh into allegations of prisoner abuse since 1998; and if he will make a statement;

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if he will list the inquiries conduced at HM Prison (a) Wandsworth, (b) Wormwood Scrubs, (c) Pentonville and (d) Belmarsh into allegations of prisoner abuse since 1998; and if he will make a statement;

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many staff are (a) under investigation and (b) suspended from service at HM Prison Pentonville; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many staff are (a) under investigation and (b) suspended from service at HM Prison Pentonville; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many complaints were received by the Prison Service's Professional Standards Unit concerning HM Prison Pentonville in each of the last 18 months; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many complaints were received by the Prison Service's Professional Standards Unit concerning HM Prison Pentonville in each of the last 18 months; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the responsibilities and job content are of a foreign national prisoner co-ordinator; and if he will place an example of a job description in the Library.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the responsibilities and job content are of a foreign national prisoner co-ordinator; and if he will place an example of a job description in the Library.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which places of detention on the prison estate have (a) seconded, (b) designated and (c) appointed a (i) full-time and (ii) part-time foreign national prisoner co-ordinator or equivalent post; and which foreign national prisoner co-ordinators are available to non-governmental organisations...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which places of detention on the prison estate have (a) seconded, (b) designated and (c) appointed a (i) full-time and (ii) part-time foreign national prisoner co-ordinator or equivalent post; and which foreign national prisoner co-ordinators are available to non-governmental organisations...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) foreign nationals, broken down by nationality and (b) UK citizens were held in each prison in Kent on 30 November 2006.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) foreign nationals, broken down by nationality and (b) UK citizens were held in each prison in Kent on 30 November 2006.

My right hon. and noble Friend the Secretary of State and Lord Chancellor has made the following written ministerial statement:"““The right to vote in the UK is considered by many to be a privilege as well as an entitlement, and that persons who are convicted of an offence serious enough...

My right hon. and noble Friend the Secretary of State and Lord Chancellor has made the following written ministerial statement:"““The right to vote in the UK is considered by many to be a privilege as well as an entitlement, and that persons who are convicted of an offence serious enough...

The right to vote in the UK is considered by many to be a privilege as well as an entitlement, and that persons who are convicted of an offence serious enough to warrant a term in prison have cast aside that privilege and entitlement for the duration of their sentence....

The right to vote in the UK is considered by many to be a privilege as well as an entitlement, and that persons who are convicted of an offence serious enough to warrant a term in prison have cast aside that privilege and entitlement for the duration of their sentence....

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what access to consular services is available to Simon Mann, who is in prison in Zimbabwe.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what access to consular services is available to Simon Mann, who is in prison in Zimbabwe.