HL Deb 14 October 1997 vol 582 c118WA
Baroness Hilton of Eggardon

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What was the average weekly number of hours spent in constructive activity by (a) all prisoners, (b) remand prisoners and (c) sentenced prisoners in 1995–96, 1996–97 and in each month since April 1997, nationally and in each London prison.

Lord Williams of Mostyn

The Prison Service is only able to provide constructive activity data relating to all prisoners, because prisons are not required to monitor constructive activity for sentenced and remand prisoners separately.

The average weekly number of hours spent in constructive activity nationally, in 1995–96, 1996–97 and each month since April 1997, is set out in the table below:

Average weekly number of hours spent in constructive activity National performance
1995–96 25.2
1996–97 23.8
April 1997 24.4
May 1997 23.0
June 1997 24.0

The average weekly number of hours spent in constructive activity in each London prison is set out in the table below:

Average weekly number of hours spent in constructive activity 1995–96 1996–97 April 1997 May 1997 June 1997
Brixton 7.9 16.0 15.8 15.7 16.7
Feltham 23.6 20.0 19.5 19.2 19.5
Holloway 17.8 17.6 11.7 12.1 *
Latchmere House 61.6 72.1 71.9 69.4 72.8
Pentonville 14.3 17.8 19.7 19.7 20.7
Wandsworth 23.3 23.5 23.3 22.5 23.5
Wormwood Scrubs 19.0 14.4 * * *
* Data not currently available.
Data for the current financial year are subject to final validation.