HL Deb 02 May 1991 vol 528 cc34-6WA
Lord Graham of Edmonton

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will (i) list the names of prisons in the United Kingdom with workshops and (ii) state the average number of hours which these workshops operated in each of the last five years.

Earl Ferrers

The information for prisons in the United Kingdom is as follows:

Table 1: Prisons in England and Wales with Workshops (as at 31st March 1991)

  • Acklington
  • Albany
  • Aldington
  • Ashwell
  • Aylesbury
  • Birmingham
  • Blundeston
  • Bristol
  • Bullwood Hall
  • Camp Hill
  • Canterbury
  • Cardiff
  • Castington
  • Channings Wood
  • Chelmsford
  • Coldingley
  • Cookham Wood
  • Dartmoor
  • Deerbolt
  • Dorchester
  • Downview
  • Drake Hall
  • Durham
  • Erlestoke
  • Everthorpe
  • Exeter
  • Featherstone
  • Feltham
  • Ford
  • Frankland
  • Full Sutton
  • Garth
  • Gartree
  • Glen Parva
  • Gloucester
  • Grendon
  • Guy's Marsh
  • Haverigg
  • Highpoint
  • Hindley
  • Holloway
  • Hull
  • Kingston
  • Kirkham
  • Kirklevington
  • Lancaster
  • Leeds
    • WA 35
  • Leicester
  • Lewes
  • Leyhill
  • Lincoln
  • Littlehey
  • Lindholme
  • Liverpool
  • Long Lartin
  • Low Newton
  • Maidstone
  • The Mount
  • New Hall
  • Northallerton
  • Northeye
  • Norwich
  • Nottingham
  • Onley
  • Oxford
  • Parkhurst
  • Pentonville
  • Portland
  • Preston
  • Ranby
  • Reading
  • Risley
  • Rochester
  • Rudgate
  • Shepton Mallet
  • Shrewsbury
  • Stafford
  • Standford Hill
  • Stocken
  • Stoke Heath
  • Styal
  • Sudbury
  • Swaleside
  • Swansea
  • Thorp Arch
  • Usk
  • The Verne
  • Wakefield
  • Wandsworth
  • Wellingborough
  • Winchester
  • Wormwood Scrubs
  • Wayland
  • Wymott

Table 2: Average Net Weekly Working Hours per inmate in Prison Workshops: 1986–87–1990–91 (England and Wales)

Financial Year Hours per Week
1990–91 121.4
1989–90 21.7
1988–89 20.9
1987–88 20.3
1986–87 19.4
1 (provisional)

NB: The operation of workshops is subject to interruptions during the working day. The figures given above represent the average number of hours worked per inmate, net of interruptions.

Table 3: Prisons in Scotland with Workshops (as at 31st March 1991)

  • Aberdeen
  • Barlinnie
  • Castle Huntly
  • Corton Vale
  • Dumfries
  • Dungavel
  • Edinburgh
  • Friarton
  • Glenochil
    • WA 36
  • Greenock
  • Inverness
  • Longriggend
  • Low Moss
  • Noranside
  • Penninghame
  • Perth
  • Polmont
  • Shotts

Table 4: Average Net weekly Working Hours per inmate in Prison Workshops: 1990–91 (Scotland)

Financial Year Hours per Week
1990–91 22.95

Figures for earlier years are not available.

Table 5: Prisons in Northern Ireland with Workshops (as at 31st March 1991)

Maghaberry

Magilligan

Table 6: Average Net Weekly Working Hours per inmate in Prison Workshops: 1986–87–1990–91 (Northern Ireland)
Financial Year Hours per week
1990–91 16.00
1989–90 18.00
1988–89 18.00
1987–88 11.00
1986–87 11.00