HC Deb 28 January 1999 vol 324 cc368-71W
Mr. Beith

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the average level of purposeful activity per week undertaken by inmates, broken down into(a) education and training, (b) work and (c) rehabilitation programmes, in each prison service establishment, in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement. [67917]

Mr. George Howarth

Information on the average weekly time spent in purposeful activity by prisoners in each establishment for each of the last three years is given in the table.

Work is defined as time spent in support to works and maintenance staff, workshops, farms, gardens, kitchens and other domestic work. Education and training includes daytime education, vocational training courses, construction and industrial training courses and evening education classes. The Prison Service does not record separately time spent engaged in rehabilitation programmes.

Education and work by prison 1995–98
1997–98 1996–97 1995–96
Education Work Education Work Education Work
Bullingdon 5.4 6.8 5.6 8.2 5.9 10.8
Bullwood Hall 8.5 10.5 9.0 11.6 10.4 12.8
Camp Hill 4.6 11.8 6.2 14.5 7.2 15.4
Canterbury 3.3 7.2 4.1 8.7 5.9 10.3
Cardiff 1.9 17.2 1.8 17.1 2.3 17.1
Castington 6.2 10.9 5.5 10.8 6.9 11.3
Channings Wood 5.5 13.8 5.3 14.4 6.8 17.0
Chelmsford 1.2 10.0 1.8 11.4 2.2 11.1
Coldingley 3.9 29.5 2.7 26.1 3.1 20.2
Cookham Wood 4.7 16.4 4.8 16.0 3.5 7.9
Dartmoor 3.4 12.7 3.4 13.3 4.7 14.0
Deerbolt 8.5 8.4 8.5 8.4 9.0 8.5
Dorchester 1.9 10.8 2.8 12.8 3.4 14.2
Dover 6.6 9.9 7.5 10.6 8.0 11.4
Downview 5.3 17.9 5.0 17.5 5.7 16.8
Drake Hall 4.9 23.8 4.6 23.5 5.9 22.8
Durham 2.9 8.4 2.4 8.8 2.8 9.5
East Sutton Park 8.2 19.0 7.6 19.1 8.4 18.0
Eastwood Park 6.1 10.6 7.0 12.0 — —
Elmley 2.9 10.6 2.9 11.3 4.4 11.8
Erlestoke 7.3 13.8 7.0 14.2 8.3 15.8
Everthorpe 8.5 13.7 9.3 10.9 11.2 15.3
Exeter 1.7 7.8 1.6 7.9 1.8 10.4
Featherstone 2.8 15.1 3.5 15.9 4.2 19.0
Feltham 2.5 9.8 2.5 11.3 3.0 14.3
Ford 6.2 17.1 6.5 17.3 5.8 16.8
Foston Hall 6.9 13.4 — — — —
Frankland 3.7 10.1 3.9 11.1 4.3 11.6
Full Sutton 4.7 9.4 5.1 12.6 5.6 14.9
Garth 4.7 11.9 3.6 11.8 4.3 12.7
Gartree 5.2 14.7 5.1 14.0 6.2 16.0
Glen Parva 3.5 7.8 3.4 9.0 3.9 7.8
Gloucester 3.7 10.0 3.4 11.0 2.8 10.2
Grendon 2.2 10.8 2.3 12.9 3.4 14.3
Guys Marsh 7.2 20.0 9.0 16.9 9.4 19.0
Haslar 5.3 9.2 8.2 9.7 9.2 11.4
Hatfield 10.6 16.2 9.5 21.3 9.8 20.4
Haverigg 3.4 23.4 3.1 23.7 4.9 23.4
Hewell Grange 9.8 21.1 9.6 20.8 8.5 21.2
Highdown 3.6 7.6 4.3 8.9 6.1 9.9
Highpoint 4.9 9.5 3.0 9.0 5.8 12.2
Hindley 8.0 9.9 6.8 10.2 6.5 11.8
Hollesley Bay 3.4 24.1 3.4 23.6 9.3 10.7
Holloway 3.5 10.1 3.3 8.7 3.4 7.7
Holme House 2.6 8.1 3.2 9.0 4.0 8.5
Hull 3.5 12.1 4.5 12.8 5.5 14.9
Huntercombe 7.9 11.0 7.6 10.9 7.3 7.0
Kingston 4.5 20.7 5.3 19.9 5.2 21.8
Kirkham 4.6 34.4 4.7 29.7 4.8 29.9
Kirklevington 2.9 11.5 2.9 13.8 5.0 35.9
Lancaster 6.8 11.1 6.1 10.3 7.0 14.6
Lancaster Farms 6.3 7.6 6.2 6.8 8.2 5.5
Latchmere House 1.1 14.4 1.2 14.0 2.8 10.1
Leeds 1.5 11.0 1.2 11.5 1.4 11.5
Leicester 2.3 15.6 2.3 15.7 2.4 18.0
Lewes 2.5 11.1 3.4 14.9 3.3 14.6
Leyhill 4.7 28.8 4.6 28.2 4.7 28.6
Lincoln 1.4 16.0 1.9 13.7 2.2 15.3
Lindholme 5.0 11.6 5.4 13.1 6.0 14.7
Littlehey 7.0 18.1 7.8 18.1 8.4 19.3
Liverpool 1.9 13.1 1.7 14.5 1.8 13.9
Long Lartin 3.5 9.1 4.2 11.1 4.9 12.8
Low Newton 6.1 11.6 6.8 12.7 7.2 10.5
Maidstone 2.8 15.7 3.1 12.3 3.5 13.7
Manchester 2.5 19.5 1.8 15.7 1.6 15.1
Moorland 7.7 12.2 6.7 12.2 6.6 13.6
Morton Hall 9.0 18.3 9.6 19.5 11.4 18.4
Mount 4.5 8.5 5.5 8.4 7.2 13.0
New Hall 5.1 14.8 6.5 17.1 8.1 17.6
North Sea Camp 6.4 27.4 7.2 25.6 — —
Northallerton 4.0 5.3 3.3 6.4 4.7 13.5
Norwich 3.3 11.8 4.0 8.4 6.6 11.7
Education and work by prison 1995–98
1997–98 1996–97 1995–96
Education Work Education Work Education Work
Nottingham 2.8 9.9 5.8 13.3 7.1 13.8
Onley 5.8 9.4 5.3 8.9 6.0 9.3
Parkhurst 2.9 13.3 2.6 11.6 3.2 10.3
Pentonville 1.5 14.0 1.1 12.5 1.7 9.9
Portland 8.3 8.1 9.0 9.2 9.4 10.5
Preston 1.4 10.5 1.6 12.4 1.6 11.9
Ranby 5.5 19.6 4.6 20.0 5.3 21.2
Reading 2.3 10.5 2.5 12.4 4.6 14.4
Risley 4.6 14.6 4.8 15.0 6.2 16.7
Rochester 1.3 9.7 3.5 10.2 5.7 11.4
Send 5.8 22.7 4.9 21.8 4.4 22.2
Shepton Mallet 6.3 13.0 7.1 13.4 7.0 13.0
Shrewsbury 2.7 11.6 3.0 10.5 2.6 8.6
Stafford 4.7 16.0 4.5 16.8 4.3 18.4
Standford Hill 4.2 26.3 4.4 25.3 4.8 24.4
Stocken 6.6 13.3 7.3 14.5 7.7 18.4
Stoke Heath 4.6 11.6 5.1 14.1 4.7 14.4
Styal 6.3 17.8 5.9 19.3 6.9 21.9
Sudbury 6.9 17.5 7.7 16.4 8.3 17.8
Swaleside 5.6 11.2 4.7 10.4 4.9 10.2
Swansea 2.6 11.0 2.5 11.8 2.8 13.9
Swinfen Hall 8.3 11.1 7.9 11.9 9.9 13.4
Thorn Cross 12.8 10.1 12.7 8.8 12.6 19.3
Usk 9.1 16.8 8.8 18.5 9.1 17.8
Verne 7.4 19.8 7.2 20.1 8.1 18.5
Wakefield 3.8 11.7 3.9 11.6 4.1 13.4
Wandsworth 0.8 15.0 1.3 16.2 2.1 14.5
Wayland 6.1 11.4 7.2 10.8 8.3 11.8
Wealstun 7.1 15.5 7.9 15.9 9.1 15.2
Weare 4.1 9.3 — — — —
Wellingborough 11.1 7.3 10.8 8.0 12.1 9.1
Werrington 10.2 18.2 11.3 18.3 12.7 18.1
Wetherby 10.3 9.6 11.6 11.8 12.4 13.1
Whatton 11.5 14.1 11.7 14.9 11.5 15.6
Whitemoor 4.3 10.1 5.0 11.3 5.8 9.8
Winchester 2.3 11.9 2.3 12.8 2.9 14.6
Wolds 9.5 12.8 — — — —
Woodhill 2.9 6.8 3.2 7.2 3.5 7.6
Wormwood Scrubs 0.8 10.4 1.1 9.6 2.0 10.8
Wymott 3.7 26.3 4.4 24.5 4.6 27.3