HC Deb 05 February 2001 vol 362 c431W
Dr. Cable

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will ask the Prison Service to collect separately the number of out of cell hours for(a) sentenced and (b) remand prisoners in young offender units. [148176]

Mr. Boateng

Time spent out of cell is one of a range of national key performance targets for prison establishments. Data on time spent out of cell are held in various forms at local level and discussed with area managers as part of the performance monitoring process. However, there are no plans to collect or collate such data centrally.