❓ Mr McGinty questions the Justice Minister about the risks of pursuing prison cost reductions while prisons are overcrowded. The Minister assures that efficiencies will not raise risk levels, as additional funds are provided to manage the increased prison population.
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(2) Is that strategy being pursued while prisons are overcrowded? (3) Has the Minister received any advice from the Director General of the Ministry of Justice about the risks associated with implementing a prison cost reduction strategy with prison numbers so high? (4) If so, what are those risks? Answered on 12 October 2000 The Minister
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12 October 2000
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(1) Yes. (2) Additional funds have been provided to manage the increase in prison muster while efficiencies will be pursued in the underlying cost structures. (3) The achievement of reasonable efficiencies in the underlying cost structures will not raise the level of risk in prisons (4) As above.
(3) Has the Minister received any advice from the Director General of the Ministry of Justice about the risks associated with implementing a prison cost reduction strategy with prison numbers so high? (4) If so, what are those risks? Answered on 12 October 2000 The Minister Replied: (1) Yes. (2) Additional funds have been provided to manage the increase in prison muster while efficiencies will be pursued in the underlying cost structures. (3) The achievement of reasonable efficiencies in the underlying cost structures will not raise the level of risk in prisons (4) As above.
(4) If so, what are those risks? Answered on 12 October 2000 The Minister Replied: (1) Yes. (2) Additional funds have been provided to manage the increase in prison muster while efficiencies will be pursued in the underlying cost structures. (3) The achievement of reasonable efficiencies in the underlying cost structures will not raise the level of risk in prisons (4) As above.
Answered on 12 October 2000 The Minister Replied: (1) Yes. (2) Additional funds have been provided to manage the increase in prison muster while efficiencies will be pursued in the underlying cost structures. (3) The achievement of reasonable efficiencies in the underlying cost structures will not raise the level of risk in prisons (4) As above.
(3) Has the Minister received any advice from the Director General of the Ministry of Justice about the risks associated with implementing a prison cost reduction strategy with prison numbers so high? (4) If so, what are those risks? Answered on 12 October 2000 The Minister Replied: (1) Yes. (2) Additional funds have been provided to manage the increase in prison muster while efficiencies will be pursued in the underlying cost structures. (3) The achievement of reasonable efficiencies in the underlying cost structures will not raise the level of risk in prisons (4) As above.
(4) If so, what are those risks? Answered on 12 October 2000 The Minister Replied: (1) Yes. (2) Additional funds have been provided to manage the increase in prison muster while efficiencies will be pursued in the underlying cost structures. (3) The achievement of reasonable efficiencies in the underlying cost structures will not raise the level of risk in prisons (4) As above.
Answered on 12 October 2000 The Minister Replied: (1) Yes. (2) Additional funds have been provided to manage the increase in prison muster while efficiencies will be pursued in the underlying cost structures. (3) The achievement of reasonable efficiencies in the underlying cost structures will not raise the level of risk in prisons (4) As above.
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