To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what action he has taken following the outcome of the case of Leach v. Home Secretary on deductions from prisoners' pay; what is his estimate of the total amount of underpayment; what plans he has to make retrospective adjustments; and if he will make a statement.

There has been no such judgment. On 22 February 1990 an instruction was sent to governors to stop taking automatic weekly contributions of 3p from prisoners' pay to their general purposes fund. Any such contributions taken after that date will be refunded from the general purpose fund.