§ Ms RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the current average cost per prisoner place; and what was the average cost per prisoner place in each of the last three years.
§ 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 Ms Joan Ruddock, dated 4 March 1994:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the current average cost per prisoner place and the average cost in each of the last three years.The available information on current expenditure per baseline certified normal accommodation place, which is now a key performance indicator for. the Prison Service, is as follows:
Year £ 11993–94 23,164 1992–93 22,722 1 Provisional. Figures for the two previous years are not available in this form.
§ Ms RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of prisoners are held in establishments where, prisoners are unlocked for a total of at least 12 hours each weekday at the latest available date; and what steps are being taken to increase this number.
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§ 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 Ms Joan Ruddock, dated 4 March 1994:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question asking what percentage of prisoners are held in establishments where prisoners are unlocked for a total of at least 12 hours each weekday at the latest available date; and what steps are being taken to increase this number.On 31 January 1994, 27.1 per cent. of prisoners were held in establishments where prisoners are unlocked for at least 12 hours on weekdays. Increased time unlocked, together with increased constructive activity for prisoners, remains a key target for the Prison Service. Many establishments are working on new shift systems with a view to increasing time unlocked and to introducing 12 hour unlocking on weekdays.
§ Ms RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners were being held three to a cell in accommodation intended for one prisoner on the last day of each month from April 1992 to January 1994.
§ 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 A. J. Butler to Ms Joan Ruddock, dated 4 March 1994:
The Home Secretary has asked me, in the absence of the Director General from the office, to reply to your recent Question about cell sharing.The attached table shows how many prisoners shared three to a cell intended for one prisoner at the end of the months listed. As this information was collected on a quarterly basis between September 1992 and April 1993, it is not possible to give figures for every month in the period detailed in your Question.
Month Number sharing three to a cell April 1992 1,038 May 1992 1,005 June 1992 789 July 1992 720 August 1992 543 September 1992 498 December 1992 210 March 1993 108 April 1993 114 May 1993 126 June 1993 132 July 1993 123 August 1993 114 September 1993 93 October 1993 42 November 1993 84 December 1993 57 January 1994 39