§ Miss WiddecombeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list for each of the last 10 years for which figures are available the average amount of time spent by prisoners on purposeful activity. [116474]
§ Mr. BoatengThe average amount of time spent per prisoner on purposeful activity in the last 10 years is listed in the table. Data for 1999–00 are for the year to February 2000 and are provisional.
Year Purposeful hours 1990–91 22.3 1991–92 22.7 1992–93 23.7 1993–94 24.7 1994–95 26.2 1995–96 25.2 1996–97 23.8 1997–98 23.3 1998–99 22.8 1999–2000 23.0