§ Miss WiddecombeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners are employed in prison workshops and other employment in total and in each category of prison; and if he will make a statement. [151209]
§ Mr. BoatengThe number of prisoners employed in the public sector in prison workshops is 9,527, and engaged in other employment is 16,139, totalling 25,666. The number of prisoners employed in the private sector in prison workshops is 1,041, and engaged in other employment is 1,686, totalling 2,727.
For public sector prisons the breakdown by category is:
Category Numbers employed in industrial workshops Numbers employed elsewhere Category A 1,158 966 Category B 1,221 1,271 Category C 3,488 4,050 Category D 460 1,221 Female 372 2,266 Local 2,335 4,021 Young Offender Institution 493 2,344 Total 9,527 16,139 For private sector prisons the breakdown by category is:
Category Numbers employed in industrial workshops Numbers employed elsewhere Category B 413 341 Local 628 1,280 Young Offender Institution — 65 Total 1,041 1,686
§ Miss WiddecombeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much time on average prisoners spent unlocked(a) per weekday and (b) per day per weekend, in (i) each category of prison and (ii) in the prison service as a whole in each year since 1995; and if he will make a statement. [151208]
§ Mr. BoatengTime out of cell data, in hours, per weekday and per day per weekend for the years 1997–98, 1998–99 and 1999–2000 are set out in the tables.
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1997–1998 Category Weekdays Weekends Category B 10.4 9.5 Category C 11.9 11.2 Dispersal 9.7 9.4 Female closed 12.0 11.4 Female local 10.6 9.8 Female open 21.4 21.7 Male closed young offender 10.0 7.2 Male juvenile 13.5 13.0 Male local 8.7 7.6 Male open 18.2 17.7 Male open young offender 13.4 13.3 Male remand centre 9.5 8.1 Total 10.5 9.4
1998–1999 Category Weekdays Weekends Category B 10.7 9.2 Category C 11.8 11.1 Dispersal 9.7 9.0 Female closed 11.6 10.5 Female local 10.4 9.8 Female open 19.0 19.3 Male closed young offender 9.8 7.0 Male juvenile 13.1 12.6 Male local 9.1 7.7 Male open 17.8 17.5 Male open young offender 12.8 12.8 Male remand centre 8.9 6.2 Total 10.6 9.3
1999–2000 Category Weekdays Weekends Category B 10.7 8.8 Category C 11.3 10.4 Dispersal 9.5 8.4 Female closed 11.2 10.4 Female local 10.8 9.9 Female open 18.5 18.9 Male closed young offender 9.3 6.8 Male juvenile 10.8 9.8 Male local 8.8 7.4 Male open 17.0 16.7 Male open young offender 12.7 12.7 Male remand centre 8.1 4.5 Total 10.2 8.8 Comparable data for 1995–96 and 1996–97 are not available.
§ Ms WiddecombeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners work a full eight-hour day; and if he will make a statement. [151214]
§ Mr. BoatengPrisoners undertake a range of purposeful activities including education, work, offending behaviour programmes, library and resettlement programmes. For many prisoners full-time employment would not be appropriate. Regimes must allow time for those who need it to complete offending behaviour or basic education programmes. Prison Service establishments record the number of hours of purposeful activity undertaken by prisoners. However, it is not possible to identify how many prisoners work a given number of hours.
§ Miss WiddecombeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisons operate industrial workshops; how many prisoners are employed in such workshops; what the income and expenditure of each prison workshop is; and if he will make a statement. [151210]
§ Mr. BoatengThere are 106 industrial workshops in public sector prisons and six in private sector workshops. On 31 March 2000 there were 1,041 employed in public sector workshops and on 19 February 2001, there were 1,041 prisoners employed in private sector workshops. This is the most recent available data.
It is not possible to provide information on income and expenditure of each public sector prison workshop as it is not recorded centrally. It is not possible to provide information on income and expenditure in each private sector prison workshop, as it is commercial in confidence.