To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many times the Prison-in-Reach working group referred to on the service personnel and veterans website has met in the last 12 months. (317634)

The Veterans Prison-in-Reach working group meets on a quarterly basis. During the course of 2009, the Group met four times:

19 March

18 June

24 September

3 December.

The Group will next meet on 11 March 2010.