HC Deb 20 July 1984 vol 64 c349W
Mr. Cohen

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department why prisoners in Wandswoth prison studying for mathematics O-level are not allowed a calculator.

Mr. Hurd

At Wandswoth prison calculators are provided at public expense for use in classrooms. A student who wishes to study in his cell and whose studies justify the use of a calculator may, with the permission of the governor, buy and use his own machine.