§ Mr. Blakerasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners in Her Majesty's Prisons and how many prison staff are wholly or partly engaged in horticultural production.
§ Dr. SummerskillHorticultural production forms part of the general farming and gardening activity of the Prison Department and the numbers of prisoners and staff engaged in it vary accordingly.
526WIt is estimated that an average of about 175 prisoners and 20 staff are mainly engaged in horticulture.