HL Deb 11 June 2002 vol 636 cc25-7WA
Lord Hylton

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will provide a table showing how many hours each week are allocated to purposeful activity in each of HM prisons and young offender centres for (a) remand prisoners and (b) sentenced offenders; and what improvements are planned for the coming year. [HL4444]

Lord Falconer of Thoroton

The Prison Service does not collect centrally information to distinguish time spent in purposeful activity by sentenced prisoners and those on remand. The average weekly purposeful activity time for all prisoners in 2001–02 in each establishment in England and Wales is given in the table.

Targets agreed with establishments for 2002–03 aim to increase the overall average purposeful activity time. Additional investment in regimes is intended to increase the proportion of time spent in activities which contribute to reducing crime, such as education, drug and offending behaviour work and resettlement activity.

Function name Prison name Purposeful hours
Male local Altcourse 34.3
Male local Bedford 19.8
Male local Belmarsh 11.0
Male local Birmingham 19.3
Male local Blakenhurst 18.9
Male local Bristol 21.1
Male local Brixton 16.6
Male local Bullingdon 13.8
Male local Canterbury 18.0
Male local Cardiff 20.4
Male local Chelmsford 18.8
Male local Doncaster 20.1
Male local Dorchester 15.7
Male local Durham 20.3
Male local Elmley 18.6
Male local Exeter 22.9
Male local Forest Bank 21.7
Male local Gloucester 20.5
Male local High Down 15.9
Male local Holme House 15.5
Male local Hull 20.5
Male local Leeds 18.7
Male local Leicester 21.0
Male local Lewes 18.6
Male local Lincoln 18.6
Male local Liverpool 17.7
Male local Manchester 19.7
Male local Norwich 18.9
Male local Nottingham 17.2
Male local Parc 26.8
Male local Pentonville 15.0
Male local Preston 21.1
Male local Rochester 23.0
Male local Shrewsbury 23.8
Male local Swansea 22.0
Male local Wandsworth 17.1
Male local Winchester 19.0
Male local Wolds 28.3
Male local Woodhill 16.0
Male local Wormwood Scrubs 18.5
Dispersal Frankland 20.9
Dispersal Full Sutton 17.4
Dispersal Long Latin 18.3
Dispersal Wakefield 18.2
Dispersal Whitemoor 20.2
Category B Albany 24.2
Category B Blundeston 25.8
Category B Dovegate 27.5
Category B Garth 23.4
Category B Gartree 30.5
Category B Grendon 35.6
Category B Kingston 24.3
Category B Lowdham Grange 27.2
Category B Maidstone 21.0
Category B Parkhurst 19.1
Category B Rye Hill 29.4
Category B Swaleside 24.3
Category C Acklington 23.2
Category C Ashwell 31.7
Category C Buckley Hall 30.3
Category C Camp Hill 21.4
Category C Channings Wood 33.5
Category C Coldingley 38.2
Category C Dartmoor 21.6
Category C Erlestoke 27.9
Category C Everthorpe 28.0
Category C Featherstone 24.2
Category C Guys Marsh 22.6
Category C Haverigg 31.1
Category C Highpoint 18.9
Category C Lancaster 24.8
Category C Littlehey 23.1
Category C Moorland 25.0
Category C Mount 20.0
Function name Prison name Purposeful hours
Category C Ranby 23.6
Category C Risley 25.2
Category C Shepton Mallet 22.9
Category C Stafford 26.4
Category C Stocken 23.2
Category C Usk 37.9
Category C Verne 28.4
Category C Wayland 20.8
Category C Wealstun 32.6
Category C Weare 18.8
Category C Wellingborough 28.1
Category C Whatton 30.6
Category C Wymott 27.7
Male open Ford 39.8
Male open Hewell Grange 42.6
Male open Hollesley Bay 36.5
Male open Kirkham 43.4
Male open Leyhill 37.8
Male open North Sea Camp 42.2
Male open Stanford Hill 39.6
Male open Sudbury 41.5
Male remand centre Northallerton 22.1
Male closed YO1 Aylesbury 17.4
Male closed YO1 Brinsford 27.5
Male closed YO1 Castington 25.1
Male closed YO1 Deerbolt 21.1
Male closed YO1 Feltham 24.7
Male closed YO1 Glen Parva 18.2
Male closed YO1 Hindley 20.5
Male closed YO1 Lancaster Farms 22.6
Male closed YO1 Onley 18.0
Male closed YO1 Portland 24.5
Male closed YO1 Reading 24.4
Male closed YO1 Stoke Heath 25.8
Male closed YO1 Swinfen Hall 28.0
Male open YOI Hatfield 37.1
Male open YO1 Thorn Cross 43.9
Male juvenile Ashfield 27.1
Male juvenile Huntercombe 26.7
Male juvenile Werrington 32.5
Male juvenile Wetherby 27.1
Female local Brockhill 18.2
Female local Eastwood Park 19.4
Female local Holloway 20.3
Female local Low Newton 23.7
Female local New Hall 22.9
Female closed Bullwood Hall 27.2
Female closed Cookham Wood 22.0
Female closed Downview 23.7
Female closed Foston Hall 25.4
Female closed Send 31.4
Female closed Styal 24.9
Female open Askham Grange 41.1
Female open East Sutton Park 42.0
Semi open Blantyre House 49.0
Semi open Dover 27.3
Semi open Drake Hall 35.8
Semi open Haslar 15.2
Semi open Kirklevington 51.6
Semi open Latchmere House 61.2
Semi open Lindholme 27.7
Semi open Morton Hall 30.7