§ Mr. George HowarthTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list(a) the latest available figures, (ii) the figures for 1992, (in) those for 1988 and (iv) those for 1987 for the average amount of time prisoners spend unlocked on weekdays for each category C prison. [38749]
§ Miss Widdecombe[holding answer 22 July 1996]: Responsibility 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 Richard Tilt to Mr. George Howarth, dated 24 July 1996:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the average amount of time prisoners spend unlocked on weekdays for each category C prison.The latest available figures are given in the attached table.Figures for 1987, 1988 and 1992 are currently unavailable and I will write to you when they are available.
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