HC Deb 04 February 1999 vol 324 c759W
Mr. Cox

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prison radio stations are operated by inmates in prisons in England and Wales; and if he will make a statement. [68830]

Mr. George Howarth

Feltham young offender institution has the only radio station operated by inmates in establishments in England and Wales.

The radio station is funded by a charity called Friends of Feltham. The inmates involved are paid by the establishment in the same way as all inmates involved in purposeful activity.