HC Deb 12 April 1983 vol 40 cc366-7W
Mr. Waller

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will enable inmates at Her Majesty's prison, Preston, to be more fully employed in the prison workshops.

Mr. Mellor

Every effort is made to keep inmates at Her Majesty's prison, Preston fully employed, but the workshops there cannot operate at full capacity because a general shortage of prison service staff means that officers often have to be diverted from supervising work to other duties.