HC Deb 22 February 1999 vol 326 cc106-8W
Mr. Beith

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the average number of hours per day that prisoners were locked in their cells in each of the last three years, in each(a) Prison Service establishment, (b) privately managed prison and (c) in total; and if he will make a statement. [71924]

Mr. George Howarth

Information on the average number of hours per weekday that prisoners were locked in their cells for each of the last three calendar years is given in the table:

Prison name 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98
Public prisons
Acklington 11.95 11.95 11.95
Albany 13.0 13.0 13.2
Aldington 12.2 12.8 12.5
Ashwell 8.5 8.5 8.5
Askham Grange 0.0 0.0 0.0
Aylesbury 14.8 15.5 14.6
Bedford 13.5 13.2 13.3
Belmarsh 14.1 15.8 15.0
Birmingham 17.2 18.2 18.5
Blantyre House 8.8 8.8 8.8
Blundeston 12.3 13.9 13.9
Brinsford 15.5 12.8 13.8
Bristol 12.4 14.2 13.8
Brixton 15.4 10.9 14.0
Brockhill 11.7 12.8 13.3
Bullingdon 12.9 14.4 13.9
Bullwood Hall 12.0 12.0 12.5
Camp Hill 11.9 12.0 12.0
Canterbury 12.7 13.8 13.3
Cardiff 12.1 12.7 12.1
Prison name 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98
Castington 14.6 14.2 14.1
Channings Wood 12.8 12.8 12.8
Chelmsford 16.0 13.9 14.8
Coldingley 10.5 10.9 10.7
Cookham Wood 13.5 15.1 13.9
Dartmoor 14.0 14.1 15.2
Deerbolt 13.3 13.5 13.6
Dorchester 13.6 13.6 15.6
Dover 14.8 14.8 14.8
Downview 12.5 12.5 12.7
Drake Hall 0.0 0.0 0.0
Durham 13.7 15.2 15.8
East Sutton Park 0.0 0.0 0.0
Elmley 13.5 13.8 14.0
Erlestoke 11.2 12.9 13.0
Everthorpe 12.9 15.1 14.9
Exeter 14.0 14.2 14.2
Featherstone 13.7 13.7 13.7
Feltham 16.1 16.0 16.0
Ford 10.8 10.8 10.6
Frankland 14.0 14.7 14.6
Full Sutton 13.5 14.2 14.5
Garth 14.9 14.7 14.0
Gartree 12.0 13.0 13.2
Glen Parva 14.9 14.8 14.8
Gloucester 14.5 14.5 14.5
Grendon 5.7 9.7 10.0
Guys Marsh 10.8 10.8 10.8
Haslar 11.8 12.0 12.0
Hatfield 10.8 10.8 10.8
Haverigg 11.5 11.2 11.2
Hewell Grange 0.0 0.0 0.0
Highdown 12.7 12.8 13.8
Highpoint 11.0 12.7 14.6
Hindley 15.6 16.7 15.3
Hollesley Bay 15.0 7.7 8.9
Holloway 14.4 14.1 13.5
Holme House 15.1 13.7 14.5
Hull 13.4 13.9 13.5
Huntercombe 12.0 13.0 13.0
Kingston 11.5 11.3 10.8
Kirkham 10.5 10.7 10.5
Kirklevington 0.0 0.0 0.4
Lancaster 12.3 12.7 13.3
Lancaster Farms 12.0 13.0 14.1
Latchmere House 0.0 0.0 2.1
Leeds 17.1 16.7 15.8
Leicester 12.6 13.1 12.5
Lewes 14.8 15.1 14.6
Leyhill 0.0 0.0 2.7
Lincoln 12.8 12.8 13.7
Lindholme 8.7 8.7 8.9
Littlehey 13.5 13.5 13.5
Liverpool 16.8 16.7 17.1
Long Lartin 13.3 13.6 14.5
Low Newton 14.8 14.8 14.5
Maidstone 12.6 12.6 13.4
Manchester 11.6 12.9 13.7
Moorland 12.1 12.0 11.5
Morton Hall 0.0 9.0 9.0
Mount 11.9 12.2 13.9
New Hall 12.0 12.0 12.4
North Sea Camp 7.5 7.5 7.6
Notherallerton 13.8 13.8 13.8
Norwich 12.9 14.2 14.7
Nottingham 12.0 12.2 14.3
Onley 12.0 12.4 12.5
Parkhurst 13.0 13.1 13.7
Pentonville 13.9 15.2 15.0
Portland 13.3 13.4 13.3
Preston 15.2 14.8 15.8
Prison name 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98
Ranby 10.8 10.9 10.8
Reading 13.5 15.2 14.9
Risley 13.1 13.2 14.2
Rochester 12.3 11.7 12.3
Send 11.3 11.3 11.3
Shepton Mallet 12.0 12.0 12.0
Shrewsbury 14.1 10.0 10.6
Stafford 14.5 14.5 14.6
Standford Hill 9.5 9.3 3.1
Stocken 11.5 11.5 11.5
Stoke Heath 11.9 12.3 12.8
Styal 10.7 10.8 10.8
Sudbury 6.3 0.0 0.0
Swaleside 14.0 14.2 14.3
Swansea 13.3 14.7 16.7
Swinfen Hall 13.9 13.9 15.4
Thorn Cross 11.5 11.5 11.5
Usk 8.2 7.8 7.6
Verne 9.5 9.5 9.5
Wakefield 12.4 13.1 14.3
Wandsworth 14.1 14.5 15.8
Wayland 12.0 12.3 13.5
Wealstun 11.4 11.4 11.7
Wellingborough 12.0 12.0 12.7
Werrington 10.5 10.5 10.5
Wetherby 12.0 12.6 13.3
Whatton 11.3 11.3 11.3
Whitemoor 13.8 13.9 13.9
Winchester 15.5 13.5 15.6
Woodhill 12.1 12.5 13.1
Wormwood Scrubs 13.7 15.8 15.3
Wymott 10.8 11.7 11.8
Privately managed prisons
Blakenhurst 10.7 13.3 13.3
Buckley Hall 10.7 11.5 10.9
Doncaster 11.9 12.5 12.9
Wolds 10.5 10.6 12.0
Service Total 11.8 12.0 12.2
Altcourse1 11
Lowdham Grange1 10.5
Parc1 10
1These establishments began operating during the course of the year. The data are therefore only partial and so have not been included in the service totals.