§ Mr. Chris SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the maximum number of prisoners who can be employed; and how many prisoners were actually employed(a) in workshops and (b) on other tasks in the most recent convenient week, at each of the following prisons: Birmingham, Leeds, Pentonvilile, Manchester, Wandsworth, Wormwood Scrubs and Holloway.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggThe information is as follows:
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No. of Employment Places Average number Employed in w/e 28 February 1988 Industrial Workshops and Farms and Gardens Domestic Catering and Maintenance Duties Industrial Workshops and Farms and Gardens Domestic Catering and Maintenance Duties Wandsworth 451 288 202 288 Wormwood Scrubs 228 204 137 173 Holloway 52 97 14 90 In addition to those employed in work as defined above, significant numbers of prisoners were also engaged in other out of cell activities including full or part-time education, vocational training and construction industry training courses.