HC Deb 03 May 1990 vol 171 cc657-8W
27. Mr. Harry Greenway

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much money was spent on(a) prison education generally and (b) prison education at Strangeways prison in the past two years; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Mellor

Total expenditure on education in(a) prison establishments generally and (b) HM prison Manchester for the two most recent years available was:

Year Total £'000 HM prison Manchester £'000
1988–89 25,200 246
1987–88 21,400 237