Prison Service: Disclosure of Information

Mr. Bellingham
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) when he expects to publish the report of the Tasker investigation into corruption and maltreatment of whistleblowers within HM Prison Service; and if he will make a statement;

(2) what the cost was of the Tasker investigation into corruption and maltreatment of whistleblowers within HM Prison Service; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Sutcliffe
The Tasker report is now expected to report by the end of March 2007 and therefore the full cost of the investigation cannot yet be calculated.

The Prison Service does not routinely publish internal investigations.