HC Deb 14 February 2000 vol 344 c403W
28. Mr. Peter Bottomley

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the amount of purposeful activity undertaken by prisoners. [108262]

Mr. Boateng

During the period April 1999 to December 1999 the average amount of purposeful activity undertaken by prisoners was 23.0 hours per prisoner per week.

These data are provisional and subject to validation by prisons.