HC Deb 21 January 1986 vol 90 cc169-70W
Mr. Kilroy-Silk

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the number of workplaces in prisons in each of the last 10 years.

Mr. Mellor

Totals of workplaces available in prisons for the last 10 years are not held centrally. For prison service industries this information is available for the past four years only, although the numbers employed in industries is available for the past 10 years. The figures relating to prison service industries areas follows:

No. of Workplaces No. Employed
1975–76 — 14,400
1976–77 — 14,600
1977–78 — 14,200
1978–79 — 13,600
1979–80 — 12,900
1980–81 — 12,200
No. of Workplaces No. Employed
1981–82 15,505 12,250
1982–83 15,026 11,450
1983–84 14,600 10,418
1984–85 14,480 9,802