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To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether (a) Clearsprings (Management) Ltd and (b) Clearsprings (Ready Homes) Ltd are under investigation by HM Revenue and Customs.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether (a) Clearsprings (Management) Ltd and (b) Clearsprings (Ready Homes) Ltd are under investigation by HM Revenue and Customs.
Asked by
Stephen Doughty
(Labour; Co-operative Party)
Answered by
David Gauke
(Conservative)
Answering body
HM Treasury
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
1 February 2016
For answer on
4 February 2016
Answered on
4 February 2016
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is legally prohibited from discussing the tax affairs of identifiable businesses.
Section 18 of the Commissioners for Revenue & Customs Act 2005 imposes a duty of confidentiality upon officers of HMRC which means they are unable to disclose information which relates to functions of HMRC. This includes any specific action taken in response to information provided.
Subjects
Revenue and Customs; ClearSprings Group
Date
4 February 2016
Reference
25072
House
House of Commons
Can we have a debate on the National Offender Management Service and, in particular, the ongoing contract with ClearSprings to provide bail hostels in the community? I recently received conflicting replies from ClearSprings and the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, the right hon. Member for Delyn (Mr. Hanson), who...
Can we have a debate on the National Offender Management Service and, in particular, the ongoing contract with ClearSprings to provide bail hostels in the community? I recently received conflicting replies from ClearSprings and the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, the right hon. Member for Delyn (Mr. Hanson), who...
Member
Edward Timpson
(Conservative)
Type
Business questions
Subjects
Crewe; ClearSprings Group; Bail accommodation and support service
Date
30 April 2009
Reference
491 c1041
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
I shall bring the points that the hon. Gentleman has raised to the attention of Ministers in the relevant Department. He might wish to ask a written question if he is not satisfied with the answer that he has received in the letter. May I congratulate him on running the...
I shall bring the points that the hon. Gentleman has raised to the attention of Ministers in the relevant Department. He might wish to ask a written question if he is not satisfied with the answer that he has received in the letter. May I congratulate him on running the...
Member
Baroness Harman
(Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Subjects
Crewe; ClearSprings Group; Bail accommodation and support service
Date
30 April 2009
Reference
491 c1041
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Newbury is to have one of these hostels foisted on it under this contract. What has the Minister to say to people in Newbury who find living in their neighbourhood criminals who should be behind bars, but who are released because of the failure of the Government's prison system and the overcrowding of our prisons?
...The Library told me there were.
Newbury is to have one of these hostels foisted on it under this contract. What has the Minister to say to people in Newbury who find living in their neighbourhood criminals who should be behind bars, but who are released because of the failure of the Government's prison system and the overcrowding of our prisons?
...The Library told me there were.
Asked by
Lord Benyon
(Conservative)
Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
10 June 2008
The first thing that I will say to residents of Newbury is that there are no properties planned for Newbury. I hope that that will at least—
The Library may well say that to the hon. Gentleman, but I am the Minister, and I am telling him that there are no properties planned for Newbury. If there were properties planned for Newbury, those properties would be there because of the need for accommodation for people from the Berkshire area who are not in prison and have not necessarily been convicted, but may be awaiting trial, and who would be put in prison if they were not bailed to accommodation addresses—their own addresses, rented from private landlords and supported by their own income. I hope that the hon. Gentleman will look into the scheme in detail, but I can assure him that there are no properties planned for Newbury.
Subjects
Contracts; Housing; Offenders; Location; Approved premises; ClearSprings Group; Bail accommodation and support service
Date
10 June 2008
Reference
477 c141
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Last week, the Minister of State wrote to me that ClearSprings was"““demonstrating that providing settled and suitable housing can be the foundation for resettlement.””"
How far is the Minister divorced from the reality of offenders being dumped on communities, which are often already blighted by crime, with little or no consultation, and with local authorities left to pick up the bill for resettlement? Is it not time to close that back-door ham-fisted attempt to deal with offending and prison overcrowding, and to suspend the contract with ClearSprings now?
Last week, the Minister of State wrote to me that ClearSprings was"““demonstrating that providing settled and suitable housing can be the foundation for resettlement.””"
How far is the Minister divorced from the reality of offenders being dumped on communities, which are often already blighted by crime, with little or no consultation, and with local authorities left to pick up the bill for resettlement? Is it not time to close that back-door ham-fisted attempt to deal with offending and prison overcrowding, and to suspend the contract with ClearSprings now?
Asked by
David Burrowes
(Conservative)
Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
10 June 2008
I am disappointed with the hon. Gentleman's tone. He knows that many individuals who live in Enfield will be regularly bailed by the courts to their properties in Enfield. ClearSprings undertakes to provide properties when no other property is available for people who are homeless in Enfield and who would otherwise be in prison awaiting trial. Those individuals are bailed back to properties in the area from which they come. The courts have asked for that service and want to undertake it. Not everybody who attends a ClearSprings property is convicted. Some of those individuals have been in prison for a long time and are returned to their area of origin on home detention curfew. That would often occur whether or not an individual had a property in the area. It is a positive scheme, and I am disappointed with the hon. Gentleman's approach.
Subjects
Bail accommodation and support service; Contracts; Housing; Offenders; Location; Approved premises; ClearSprings Group
Date
10 June 2008
Reference
477 c142-3
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
From my experience, the issue with ClearSprings over a number of years has been obfuscation and secrecy, often pursued by the company under the guise of so-called ““commercial in confidence””. When will the Minister insist on proper accountability for the ClearSprings contract, and transparency for people in my constituency and throughout the country?
From my experience, the issue with ClearSprings over a number of years has been obfuscation and secrecy, often pursued by the company under the guise of so-called ““commercial in confidence””. When will the Minister insist on proper accountability for the ClearSprings contract, and transparency for people in my constituency and throughout the country?
Asked by
Lord Jackson of Peterborough
(Conservative)
Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
10 June 2008
I have been very clear with ClearSprings—if I may use that term. It has a contractual duty with the Ministry of Justice to ensure that it consults with local councils, the police and the probation services before entering into an agreement on specific properties in the areas in which it proposes them. I emphasise again that those properties are private properties used by individuals who have sometimes not even been convicted yet, who are bailed to those addresses by the court and are sent there at the request of the court, or who have been released from prison on home detention curfew to properties in the area that they originally came from. I hope that the hon. Gentleman will support the scheme.
Subjects
Bail accommodation and support service; Contracts; Housing; Offenders; Location; Approved premises; ClearSprings Group
Date
10 June 2008
Reference
477 c142
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
May I tell my right hon. Friend that there is one of those hostels in my constituency, and that he must understand the concern that exists among the public? Bridgewood bail hostel, which is also in my constituency, has succeeded because it is open and transparent about where it is, and because it involves the neighbours. I wish that ClearSprings would take the same approach in building good relations with the communities in the areas where it has its hostels.
May I tell my right hon. Friend that there is one of those hostels in my constituency, and that he must understand the concern that exists among the public? Bridgewood bail hostel, which is also in my constituency, has succeeded because it is open and transparent about where it is, and because it involves the neighbours. I wish that ClearSprings would take the same approach in building good relations with the communities in the areas where it has its hostels.
Asked by
Sally Keeble
(Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
10 June 2008
Obviously it is important for bail hostels to be open, and to be involved with and understood by the community. The ClearSprings addresses are private property addresses, and ClearSprings has a duty to consult the police, probation services and local councils before those private addresses are agreed. Ultimately, they are private addresses, and individuals who are released from prison on home detention curfew, or who are not yet convicted and are awaiting trial, enjoy those properties as private properties.
Subjects
Bail accommodation and support service; Contracts; Housing; Offenders; Location; Approved premises; ClearSprings Group
Date
10 June 2008
Reference
477 c141-2
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
I met ClearSprings on 20 May. Decisions on the areas in which accommodation is required for bail accommodation and support services are made by the regional offender managers and the director of offender management in Wales, and are based on data on prisoner origins.
I met ClearSprings on 20 May. Decisions on the areas in which accommodation is required for bail accommodation and support services are made by the regional offender managers and the director of offender management in Wales, and are based on data on prisoner origins.
Answered by
Lord Hanson of Flint
(Labour)
Asked by
Lord Benyon
(Conservative)
Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Type
Oral answers to questions
What recent discussions he has had with ClearSprings Ltd about the siting of bail accommodation and support services.
Subjects
Contracts; Housing; Offenders; Location; Approved premises; ClearSprings Group; Bail accommodation and support service
Date
10 June 2008
Reference
477 c141
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
The first thing that I will say to residents of Newbury is that there are no properties planned for Newbury. I hope that that will at least—
The Library may well say that to the hon. Gentleman, but I am the Minister, and I am telling him that there are no properties planned for Newbury. If there were properties planned for Newbury, those properties would be there because of the need for accommodation for people from the Berkshire area who are not in prison and have not necessarily been convicted, but may be awaiting trial, and who would be put in prison if they were not bailed to accommodation addresses—their own addresses, rented from private landlords and supported by their own income. I hope that the hon. Gentleman will look into the scheme in detail, but I can assure him that there are no properties planned for Newbury.
The first thing that I will say to residents of Newbury is that there are no properties planned for Newbury. I hope that that will at least—
The Library may well say that to the hon. Gentleman, but I am the Minister, and I am telling him that there are no properties planned for Newbury. If there were properties planned for Newbury, those properties would be there because of the need for accommodation for people from the Berkshire area who are not in prison and have not necessarily been convicted, but may be awaiting trial, and who would be put in prison if they were not bailed to accommodation addresses—their own addresses, rented from private landlords and supported by their own income. I hope that the hon. Gentleman will look into the scheme in detail, but I can assure him that there are no properties planned for Newbury.
Answered by
Lord Hanson of Flint
(Labour)
Asked by
Lord Benyon
(Conservative)
Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Type
Oral answers to questions
Newbury is to have one of these hostels foisted on it under this contract. What has the Minister to say to people in Newbury who find living in their neighbourhood criminals who should be behind bars, but who are released because of the failure of the Government's prison system and the overcrowding of our prisons?
...The Library told me there were.
Subjects
Contracts; Housing; Offenders; Location; Approved premises; ClearSprings Group; Bail accommodation and support service
Date
10 June 2008
Reference
477 c141
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
I have been very clear with ClearSprings—if I may use that term. It has a contractual duty with the Ministry of Justice to ensure that it consults with local councils, the police and the probation services before entering into an agreement on specific properties in the areas in which it proposes them. I emphasise again that those properties are private properties used by individuals who have sometimes not even been convicted yet, who are bailed to those addresses by the court and are sent there at the request of the court, or who have been released from prison on home detention curfew to properties in the area that they originally came from. I hope that the hon. Gentleman will support the scheme.
I have been very clear with ClearSprings—if I may use that term. It has a contractual duty with the Ministry of Justice to ensure that it consults with local councils, the police and the probation services before entering into an agreement on specific properties in the areas in which it proposes them. I emphasise again that those properties are private properties used by individuals who have sometimes not even been convicted yet, who are bailed to those addresses by the court and are sent there at the request of the court, or who have been released from prison on home detention curfew to properties in the area that they originally came from. I hope that the hon. Gentleman will support the scheme.
Answered by
Lord Hanson of Flint
(Labour)
Asked by
Lord Jackson of Peterborough
(Conservative)
Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Type
Oral answers to questions
From my experience, the issue with ClearSprings over a number of years has been obfuscation and secrecy, often pursued by the company under the guise of so-called ““commercial in confidence””. When will the Minister insist on proper accountability for the ClearSprings contract, and transparency for people in my constituency and throughout the country?
Subjects
Contracts; Housing; Offenders; Location; Approved premises; ClearSprings Group; Bail accommodation and support service
Date
10 June 2008
Reference
477 c142
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
I am disappointed with the hon. Gentleman's tone. He knows that many individuals who live in Enfield will be regularly bailed by the courts to their properties in Enfield. ClearSprings undertakes to provide properties when no other property is available for people who are homeless in Enfield and who would otherwise be in prison awaiting trial. Those individuals are bailed back to properties in the area from which they come. The courts have asked for that service and want to undertake it. Not everybody who attends a ClearSprings property is convicted. Some of those individuals have been in prison for a long time and are returned to their area of origin on home detention curfew. That would often occur whether or not an individual had a property in the area. It is a positive scheme, and I am disappointed with the hon. Gentleman's approach.
I am disappointed with the hon. Gentleman's tone. He knows that many individuals who live in Enfield will be regularly bailed by the courts to their properties in Enfield. ClearSprings undertakes to provide properties when no other property is available for people who are homeless in Enfield and who would otherwise be in prison awaiting trial. Those individuals are bailed back to properties in the area from which they come. The courts have asked for that service and want to undertake it. Not everybody who attends a ClearSprings property is convicted. Some of those individuals have been in prison for a long time and are returned to their area of origin on home detention curfew. That would often occur whether or not an individual had a property in the area. It is a positive scheme, and I am disappointed with the hon. Gentleman's approach.
Answered by
Lord Hanson of Flint
(Labour)
Asked by
David Burrowes
(Conservative)
Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Type
Oral answers to questions
Last week, the Minister of State wrote to me that ClearSprings was"““demonstrating that providing settled and suitable housing can be the foundation for resettlement.””"
How far is the Minister divorced from the reality of offenders being dumped on communities, which are often already blighted by crime, with little or no consultation, and with local authorities left to pick up the bill for resettlement? Is it not time to close that back-door ham-fisted attempt to deal with offending and prison overcrowding, and to suspend the contract with ClearSprings now?
Subjects
Contracts; Housing; Offenders; Location; Approved premises; ClearSprings Group; Bail accommodation and support service
Date
10 June 2008
Reference
477 c142-3
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Obviously it is important for bail hostels to be open, and to be involved with and understood by the community. The ClearSprings addresses are private property addresses, and ClearSprings has a duty to consult the police, probation services and local councils before those private addresses are agreed. Ultimately, they are private addresses, and individuals who are released from prison on home detention curfew, or who are not yet convicted and are awaiting trial, enjoy those properties as private properties.
Obviously it is important for bail hostels to be open, and to be involved with and understood by the community. The ClearSprings addresses are private property addresses, and ClearSprings has a duty to consult the police, probation services and local councils before those private addresses are agreed. Ultimately, they are private addresses, and individuals who are released from prison on home detention curfew, or who are not yet convicted and are awaiting trial, enjoy those properties as private properties.
Answered by
Lord Hanson of Flint
(Labour)
Asked by
Sally Keeble
(Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Type
Oral answers to questions
May I tell my right hon. Friend that there is one of those hostels in my constituency, and that he must understand the concern that exists among the public? Bridgewood bail hostel, which is also in my constituency, has succeeded because it is open and transparent about where it is, and because it involves the neighbours. I wish that ClearSprings would take the same approach in building good relations with the communities in the areas where it has its hostels.
Subjects
Contracts; Housing; Offenders; Location; Approved premises; ClearSprings Group; Bail accommodation and support service
Date
10 June 2008
Reference
477 c141-2
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
What recent discussions he has had with ClearSprings Ltd about the siting of bail accommodation and support services.
What recent discussions he has had with ClearSprings Ltd about the siting of bail accommodation and support services.
Asked by
Lord Benyon
(Conservative)
Answered by
Lord Hanson of Flint
(Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Tabled on
4 June 2008
For answer on
10 June 2008
Answered on
10 June 2008
I met ClearSprings on 20 May. Decisions on the areas in which accommodation is required for bail accommodation and support services are made by the regional offender managers and the director of offender management in Wales, and are based on data on prisoner origins.
Subjects
Contracts; Housing; Offenders; Location; Approved premises; ClearSprings Group; Bail accommodation and support service
Date
10 June 2008
Reference
477 c141; 209541
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
I understand the concern of the hon. Gentleman's constituents. My understanding is that the chain of housing for people on bail is discussed with the police and local authority before it is agreed to. However, because there is no change of use, from housing to hostels, proposals do not go...
I understand the concern of the hon. Gentleman's constituents. My understanding is that the chain of housing for people on bail is discussed with the police and local authority before it is agreed to. However, because there is no change of use, from housing to hostels, proposals do not go...
Member
Helen Goodman
(Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Subjects
Offenders; Management; ClearSprings Group
Date
8 May 2008
Reference
475 c861
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Could the Deputy Leader of the House arrange for an early debate on offender management, and specifically on the chain of bail hostels being established around the country by a private company called ClearSprings Management Ltd on behalf of the Ministry of Justice? In Colwyn Bay in my constituency, at...
Could the Deputy Leader of the House arrange for an early debate on offender management, and specifically on the chain of bail hostels being established around the country by a private company called ClearSprings Management Ltd on behalf of the Ministry of Justice? In Colwyn Bay in my constituency, at...
Member
David Jones
(Conservative)
Type
Business questions
Subjects
Offenders; Management; ClearSprings Group
Date
8 May 2008
Reference
475 c861
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the addresses are of the residential institutions run by Clearsprings on behalf of the National Offender Management Service for offenders and ex-offenders.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the addresses are of the residential institutions run by Clearsprings on behalf of the National Offender Management Service for offenders and ex-offenders.
Asked by
Sally Keeble
(Labour)
Answered by
Lord Hanson of Flint
(Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
20 March 2008
For answer on
26 March 2008
Answered on
1 April 2008
ClearSprings do not provide hostels or institutions. They provide homes in normal residential accommodation for people who have been bailed by the Courts or released from prison on home detention curfew. It is not our practice to disclose the private addresses of defendants or offenders.
Subjects
Housing; Offenders; ClearSprings Group; Bail accommodation and support service
Date
1 April 2008
Reference
197048; 474 c893W
House
House of Commons
Unfortunately, ClearSprings Management Ltd has a number of properties in my constituency, which is testament to the disaster of penal policy under the Government. What message does the Minister want to convey to my constituents, given that they see people who should be in prison moving into their neighbourhoods? That has happened without any proper consultation or information for local residents. Is it not time that the Minister reassured the public and that the scheme was scrapped?
Unfortunately, ClearSprings Management Ltd has a number of properties in my constituency, which is testament to the disaster of penal policy under the Government. What message does the Minister want to convey to my constituents, given that they see people who should be in prison moving into their neighbourhoods? That has happened without any proper consultation or information for local residents. Is it not time that the Minister reassured the public and that the scheme was scrapped?
Asked by
Lord Jackson of Peterborough
(Conservative)
Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
11 March 2008
I am grateful for the hon. Gentleman's comments. Currently, there are four ClearSprings properties in Peterborough. He knows that there has been consultation with the police, the local probation board and Conservative-controlled Peterborough city council about those properties, but none of them has raised any objections. None of the properties' neighbours has raised any objections either, and the scheme is working well. The hon. Gentleman has raised objections now during parliamentary questions, but he should discuss the issue with his colleagues at Peterborough's Conservative city council—they could have stopped the scheme had they raised objections when it was proposed.
Subjects
Housing; Offenders; Peterborough; ClearSprings Group; Bail accommodation and support service
Date
11 March 2008
Reference
473 c130
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
(2) whether the Government contract with ClearSprings Management Ltd includes the housing of prisoners on remand in the community;
(2) whether the Government contract with ClearSprings Management Ltd includes the housing of prisoners on remand in the community;
Asked by
Baroness Browning
(Conservative)
Answered by
Lord Hanson of Flint
(Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
6 March 2008
For answer on
11 March 2008
Answered on
11 March 2008
The regional offender managers, and the director of offender management for Wales, have identified in which towns accommodation is needed, based on the distribution of origins of prisoners. It is for ClearSprings to seek properties in those locations. ClearSprings are required to consult the local authority, police and the probation in selecting properties, in order to avoid inappropriate locations.By definition, those remanded on bail in the community are not prisoners, and they may not have been held in prison before being bailed by the courts. The contract with ClearSprings is to provide housing and support in the community for defendants whom the courts have remanded on bail, and for sentenced prisoners who have been released on home detention curfew by the prison governor.An unpriced copy of the contract, containing the requirements to ClearSprings for consultation, will be placed in the Library of the House.
Subjects
Contracts; Housing; Offenders; ClearSprings Group; Bail accommodation and support service
Date
11 March 2008
Reference
193288; 473 c376-7W
House
House of Commons
(3) if he will place in the Library the guidelines followed by ClearSprings Management Ltd in consulting on placing homeless people bailed by the courts in the community.
(3) if he will place in the Library the guidelines followed by ClearSprings Management Ltd in consulting on placing homeless people bailed by the courts in the community.
Asked by
Baroness Browning
(Conservative)
Answered by
Lord Hanson of Flint
(Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
6 March 2008
For answer on
11 March 2008
Answered on
11 March 2008
The regional offender managers, and the director of offender management for Wales, have identified in which towns accommodation is needed, based on the distribution of origins of prisoners. It is for ClearSprings to seek properties in those locations. ClearSprings are required to consult the local authority, police and the probation in selecting properties, in order to avoid inappropriate locations.By definition, those remanded on bail in the community are not prisoners, and they may not have been held in prison before being bailed by the courts. The contract with ClearSprings is to provide housing and support in the community for defendants whom the courts have remanded on bail, and for sentenced prisoners who have been released on home detention curfew by the prison governor.An unpriced copy of the contract, containing the requirements to ClearSprings for consultation, will be placed in the Library of the House.
Subjects
Contracts; Housing; Offenders; ClearSprings Group; Bail accommodation and support service
Date
11 March 2008
Reference
193289; 473 c376-7W
House
House of Commons
In respect of ClearSprings hostels, particularly the accommodation of offenders on home detention curfew, will the Minister confirm, first, that subject to any risk to the staff working in the hostel there is no exclusion for violent offenders and, secondly, no exclusion for persistent and prolific offenders? If he can confirm both those points, is he surprised that there is a significant level of local opposition to the hostels?
In respect of ClearSprings hostels, particularly the accommodation of offenders on home detention curfew, will the Minister confirm, first, that subject to any risk to the staff working in the hostel there is no exclusion for violent offenders and, secondly, no exclusion for persistent and prolific offenders? If he can confirm both those points, is he surprised that there is a significant level of local opposition to the hostels?
Asked by
Jeremy Wright
(Conservative)
Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
11 March 2008
The hon. Gentleman will know—I am sure he does—that sex offenders subject to notification requirements under the Sex Offenders Act 1997, violence and sex offenders currently serving an extended sentence, prisoners who fail to comply with curfew orders, fine defaulters, foreign national prisoners, prisoners charged with homicide, causing explosions, possession of offensive weapons, possession of firearms, cruelty to children or racially aggravated offences, among others, are not entitled to home detention curfew. Prisoners that are on such curfew or are on remand in the community rather than taking up valuable prison places are thus prisoners who have committed lower categories of offences. I hope that that will reassure the hon. Gentleman.
Subjects
Housing; Offenders; ClearSprings Group; Bail accommodation and support service
Date
11 March 2008
Reference
473 c131
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons