HC Deb 18 June 1990 vol 174 cc428-9W
Mr. Tony Speller

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 5 June,Official Report, column 421, how many hours on average each week prisoners spend on regime activities.

Mr. Mellor

In 1989–90 each prisoner spent on average 20.87 hours per week on structured regime activities such as work, education, training courses and physical education. The calculation excludes time spent on other out-of-cell activities, for example, exercise, visits and association, of an essentially personal or recreational kind.