HL Deb 21 June 1985 vol 465 c541WA
Lord Avebury

asked Her Majesty's Government:

On which days in the month of May the bookbinding shop in Maidstone Prison was closed, and why.

Lord Glenarthur

The bookbinding shop at Maidstone Prison was closed on three public holidays in May and for the whole or part of a further 17 days because no prison officers were available on those days to provide control and discipline supervision in the workshop.