§ Mr. Meadowcroftasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the maximum number of prisoners who can be employed in Leeds prison on any one day.
§ Mr. MellorSeven hundred and seventy.
§ Mr. Meadowcroftasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department for how many hours in the most recent convenient week the workshops in Leeds 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 prisoners in each class; and how much time on average each prisoner spent out of his cell during the week.
§ Mr. MellorIn the week commencing 3 November 1986, the workshops were open for an average of nearly 12 hours; an average of 259 prisoners were employed each working day in workshops and on catering, maintenance, cleaning and other domestic tasks; 84 education classes —60 day-time and 24 evening—took place for a total of 1601/2 hours; there were an average of 7.6 inmates in each class. It is not practical 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, use of the prison library and canteen and other out of cell activities.
§ Mr. Meadowcroftasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the average population of Leeds prison in the most convenient recent week.
§ Mr. MellorPrison population figures are collected centrally once a week. On 14 November 1986, Her Majesty's prison Leeds held 1,298 prisoners.
§ Mr. Meadowcroftasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many baths, showers and toilets are available to prisoners in Leeds prison; how many baths or showers is each prisoner currently allowed per week; and how many changes of clothes is each prisoner currently allowed per week.
§ Mr. MellorThe number of baths, showers and toilets available are as follows:
Number Baths 6 Showers 42 WCs 99 Urinals 76 Each prisoner is normally allowed one bath or shower per week and an additional bath or shower when he makes use of the gymnasium. Additional baths or showers are 302W available for prisoners employed on jobs that are of a physically dirty nature or on return from court appearances.
Prisoners at Leeds have one change of clothes per week consisting of two shirts, two pair of socks, two pairs of underpants and two vests. Overclothing is changed as necessary, but on return from court prisoners receive a full kit of clean clothes.
§ Mr. Meadowcroftasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many square feet of exercise space are available in Leeds prison.
§ Mr. MellorA total of 40,837 sq ft in exercise yards, 5,662 sq ft in the hard surfaced games area, and 1,690 sq ft in the gymnasium.