§ Mr. Soleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department for how many hours in the week ended 2 November, or any other recent typical week, the workshops in Wormwood Scrubs prison were open; what was the average number of prisoners employed; how many classes took place and for how many hours; what was the average number of inmates in each class; how many individual prisoners attended at least one class during the week; and how much time, on average, each prisoner spent out of his cell during the week.
§ Mr. MellorIn the week ended 2 November, the eight workshops at Wormwood Scrubs prison were open for an average of 16.5 hours employing an average of 26 prisoners each. In addition 235 prisoners were employed on various domestic and maintenance duties. Ninety seven classes were held during the week with total class hours of 191, the average number of prisoners attending each class was seven and about 220 prisoners attended at least one class during the week. It is not practicable to calculate the average amount of time spent out of cells since this covers many things apart from work and education, including for example, exercise, association, visits, medical treatment and applications to see the governor.
§ Mr. Soleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the maximum number of prisoners who can be employed in workshops in Wormwood Scrubs prison on any one day.
§ Mr. MellorFive hundred and twenty-five.
§ Mr. Soleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many baths, showers, and toilets are available to prisoners in Wormwood Scrubs prison; how 323W many baths or showers each prisoner is allowed per week; and how many changes of clothes each prisoner is allowed per week.
§ Mr. MellorWormwood Scrubs currently has available to inmates a total of 14 baths, 119 showers, 142 WCs and 137 urinals. Each prisoner is normally allowed one bath or shower per week.
Convicted prisoners are normally allowed one change of clothes per week consisting of 2 shirts, 2 pairs of socks, 2 pairs of underpants, 2 vests and 1 T-shirt. In addition 2 towels, 1 sheet and 1 pillow case are changed weekly. Overclothing is changed as necessary. Unconvicted prisoners may wear their own clothing and have changes brought in. If they wear prison clothing, it is changed on the same basis as for convicted prisoners.
§ Mr. Soleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many square feet of exercise space are available to prisoners in Wormwood Scrubs Prison.
§ Mr. MellorForty eight thousand eight hundred and seventy sq ft in exercise yards and 6,780 sq ft in the sports hall are currently available. While the establishment is redeveloped over the next few years the amount of exercise space available will vary, but one of the initial aims of the redevelopment is to increase the open space available within the perimeter.