HC Deb 14 May 1925 vol 183 c2053W
Mr. B. SMTH

asked the Home Secretary the annual amount and value of the goods produced by inmates of His Majesty's prisons?

Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKS

The total amount of goods produced cannot be given. The value of the goods produced in prisons and Borstal institutions was as follows:

Articles sold(almost all to Government Departments).

Year ended 31st March:

£
1922 … … … … 155,628
1923 … … … … 175,725
1924 … … … … 203,154
Articles made for use in Prisons.
Year ended 31st March: £
1922 … … … … 1,44,567
1923 … … … … 105,192
1924 … … … … 96,435