HC Deb 24 June 1988 vol 135 cc726-7W
Ms. Richardson

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many hours a day women spent out of their cells, on C1 psychiatric unit, Holloway, from 14 May to 14 June; and how many women have attended the skills training unit each day during the same period of time.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

In the period 14 may to 14 June 1988, inmates on Cl unit spent an average of 5.7 hours out of cell each day.

The table gives the number attending the skills training unit each weekday.

Weekday Number attending skills training unit
May
16 18

Weekday Number attending skills training unit
17 4
18 17
19 14
20 16
23 17
24 5
25 14
26 17
27 14
30 10
31 6
June
1 9
2 8
3 10
6 12
7 4
8 15
9 12
10 10
13 12
14 5
1 The unit does not open at weekends or on public holidays. On 10 June the unit remained closed because of shortage of staff.