§ Mr. CorbynTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the annual expenditure on education at Her Majesty's prison Holloway for each of the past 10 years, the total weekly teaching hours available and the number of teachers in post; and if he will make a statement. [12272]
§ Miss Widdecombe[holding answer 31 January 1996]: Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the temporary Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Richard Tilt to Mr. Jeremy Corbyn, dated 5 February 1996:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about education expenditure at Holloway Prison.
Information for the last six years is given in table one, attached. Information is not available before then.
The weekly teaching hours and teachers in post for the years 1993–94 and 1994–95 are given in table two.
Information before then is not recorded centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Table one: Annual expenditure education (includes salaries, material and capital) £ 1989–90 354,024 1990–91 346,182 1991–92 523,297 1992–93 429,526 1993–94 390,223 1994–95 441,805 50W
Table two 1993–94 228 7 full time 31 part time 1994–95 270 7 full time 27 Part time
Salaries £ Materials (VT, CIT, pre-release) £ Education capital £ 1990–91 285,525 53,122 7,535 1991–92 403,129 87,634 32,534 1992–93 343,837 67,553 18,136 1993–94 321,817 68,406 nil 1994–95 383,871 47,967 9,967 1995–96 348,000 58,900 2,000