HC Deb 22 January 1990 vol 165 cc515-6W
Mr. Cox

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which prisons in England and Wales still have inmates working on the sewing of mail bags; and how many inmates were doing this work on 5 January.

Mr. Mellor

On 5 January 1990 there were 715 inmates employed in the manufacture of mail bags, in the following establishments.:

  • Acklington
  • Birmingham
  • Bristol
  • Canterbury
  • Camp Hill
  • Gartree
  • Gloucester
  • Haverigg
  • Hull
  • Lancaster
  • Leeds
    • 516
  • Liverpool
  • Manchester
  • Oxford
  • Preston
  • Stafford
  • Swaleside
  • Swansea
  • Wandsworth