§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average number of hours is per week that a prison inmate at a prison in England or Wales(a) spends out of their cell and (b) works in a prison workshop over the last 12 month period for which figures are available. [34418]
§ Beverley HughesThe average time out of cell for all prisoners in England and Wales for the current financial year to the end of December is 9.9 hours on a weekday and 8.7 hours at weekends. On average, prisoners spent 4.0 hours per week working in prison workshops over the same period. Data for December included in these figures are provisional and subject to validation.