Oral question asked in the House of Lords, by Lord Elton (Conservative). It was answered on Tuesday, 11 December 2007.
Prisons: Population
- Question
- My Lords, I hesitate to trespass on this. Can the Minister confirm that it is now planned to start weekend working in prisons on a Friday afternoon, producing a four-and-a-half-day week? What will the effect be on time out of cell for prisoners over the week as a whole? What will that be when the numbers rise to the predicted figures that he has given us and what was it at the beginning of this century?
- Answer
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My Lords, that proposal was made as part of discussions in the Prison Service about the implications for the future spending round review. As I understand it, no decision has been made. The idea was to focus more activity around those four and a half days. On the issue of unlocking, my understanding is that the average number of hours is 10.1 compared with 9.6 in 2001-02.
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- Oral question
- Reference
- 697 c115
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- 2007-08
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- Supplementary
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- House of Lords chamber
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- Prisoners
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