§ Mr. HoyleTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will provide details of the cell of the month bonus scheme at Her Majesty's prison Moorlands.
§ Mr. Peter LloydResponsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Derek Lewis to Mr. Doug Hoyle, dated February 1994:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about Moorland prison and young offender institution.
An incentive scheme to raise standards of cleanliness in cells has been introduced at Moorland prison. A weekly bonus of £2 is paid to the prisoner(s) whose cell is judged to be the cleanest. This practice is consistent with the rules governing the prisoners' earnings scheme. It is an example of a system of rewards to maintain standards within a prison. The governor will keep the scheme under review in order to evaluate its effectiveness.