§ Mr. George HowarthTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the number of hours each week which prisoners spend in purposeful activity including work, education, training, physical education programmes and excluding association, visits, meals or time spent outside the establishment for each of the past 12 months in prisons in England and Wales. [16264]
§ Mr. Michael ForsythResponsibility 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. George Howarth, dated 30 March 1995:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the average number of hours per week which prisoners spend in purposeful activity for each of the past 12 months.The information is contained in the table below.
Weekly average hours per prisoner in purposeful activity February 1994 25.4 March 26.3 April 24.6 May 26.1 June 26.4 July 27.3 August 27.0 September 26.4 October 26.7 November 26.9 December 26.1 January 1995 23.9 February 26.6