§ Mr. George HowarthTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list (i) the latest 619W available figures, (ii) the figures for 1992, (iii) those for 1988 and (iv) those for 1987 for the average amount of time prisoners spend in purposeful activity in each category C prison. [38748]
§ Miss Widdecombe[holding answer 22 July 1996]: Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Richard Tilt to Mr. George Howarth, dated 24 July 1996:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the average amount of time prisoners spend in purposeful activity in each category C prison.The most recent information is given in the attached table.The figures for 1987, 1988 and 1992 are currently unavailable. I will write to you when they become available.
Average number of hours per week spent in purposeful activity— Category C prisons Establishment 1995–96 June 1996 Acklington 25.8 27.9 Aldington n/a n/a Ashwell 33.9 33.3 Blantyre House 33.4 n/a Brockhill 34.7 35.6 Camp Hill 28.5 26.7 Channings Wood 28.2 27.4 Coldingley 28.2 n/a Downview 28.8 32 Erlestoke 31.2 25.3 Everthorpe 29.8 23.2 Featherstone 27.6 24.8 Haverigg 35.2 36.4 Highpoint 22.4 18 Kirklevington 44.9 45.2 Lancaster 25.8 n/a Latchmere House 61.9 n/a Lindholme 27.9 26.5 Littlehey 32.2 n/a Mount 27.0 20 Ranby 32.5 30.4 Risley 28.9 19.5 Send 32.7 35.8 Shepton Mallet 26.2 24.7 Stafford 27.2 28.4 Stocken 33.2 29.3 Usk 35.9 36.7 Verne 30.9 33.2 Wayland 26.2 27.1 Wealstun closed n/a n/a Wellingborough 28.6 n/a Whatton 32.3 32.8 Wymott 37.4 n/a