To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answers of 24 November 2009, Official Report, column 85W and 1 December 2009, Official Report, column 590W, on prisoners' release, whether the investigating officer's report was completed by 4 December 2009; on what date he expects to write to the hon. Member for West Chelmsford; and if he will make a statement. (308235)

The investigating officer's report was completed on 4 December 2009. I wrote to the hon. Member on 13 January 2010.