§ Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many education hours were cancelled in prisons in England and Wales in each of the last 12 months. [124920]
§ Mr. Ivan LewisThe following table shows on a month-by-month basis the reported number of hours not delivered against the total number of hours ordered between June 2002 and May 2003.
Month Sum of ordered Sum of total not run June 2002 95,576 8,083 July 2002 131,691 11,057 August 2002 104,636 8,199 September 2002 116,052 7,136 October 2002 131,860 13,248 November 2002 119,880 8,470 December 2002 94,517 7,317 January 2003 131,213 8,156 February 2003 115,905 8,082 March 2003 134,156 9,974 April 2003 115,217 6,981 May 2003 112,797 7,464 Total 1,403,500 104,167 Education hours may be lost for a range of reasons including operational difficulties in prisons, staff sickness and problems with recruiting teachers.