HC Deb 05 March 1953 vol 512 c49W
8. Mr. G. Williams

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many hours a week the average prisoner does manual work.

Sir D. Maxwell Fyfe

The working week varies with the type of prison. At the end of 1952 the average working week was over 38 hours in the separate corrective training prisons; over 37 hours in the regional prisons and the central prisons for the Star class; and about 25 hours in local prisons.