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Miss Widdecombe: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the number of resource employment places in prisons in England and Wales in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available, broken down by type of activity. [120693] Mr. Boateng: Prior to 1994 accounts were submitted centrally covering industries' and farms' output but following devolution of funding to establishment level this has not been a requirement. Therefore, from 1995-96 the figures have been extracted from data supplied as part of the Prison Service accounts. The available information is given in the table. CAPTION=Resource employment places in prisons in England and Wales 1990 Resource employment places in prisons in England and Wales 1990-91 to 1999-2000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year Industries 1999-2000{1} {2}10,989 1998-99{1} {2}11,966 1997-98{1} {2}9,173 1996-97{1} {2}9,173 1995-96 Tailoring/Shirts 2,184 Textiles 2,429 Others 210 Footwear/Leather 221 Printing 243 Weaving 352 Engineering 810 Woodwork 795 Laundry 1,060 Contract Services 1,732 Total 10,036 1994-95 Tailoring/Shirts 2,176 Textiles 2,381 Others 210 Footwear/Leather 221 Printing 243 Weaving 352 Engineering 810 Woodwork 795 Laundry 1,203 Contract Services 1,732 Total 10,123 1993-94 Tailoring/Shirts 2,330 Textiles 2,256 Others 190 Footwear/Leather 261 Printing 286 Weaving 313 Engineering 780 Woodwork 763 Laundry 1,053 Contract Services 1,792 Total 10,024 1992-93 Tailoring/Shirts 2,257 Textiles 2,426 Others 210 Footwear/Leather 266 Printing 286 Weaving 334 Engineering 780 Woodwork 758 Laundry 1,082 Contract Services 1,779 Total 10,178 1991-92 Tailoring/Shirts 2,296 Textiles 2,798 Others 196 Footwear/Leather 261 Printing 320 Weaving 352 Engineering 740 Woodwork 764 Laundry 1,104 Contract Services 2,132 Total 10,963 1990-91 Tailoring/Shirts 2,401 Textiles 2,708 Others 226 Footwear/Leather 261 Printing 320 Weaving 439 Engineering 740 Woodwork 879 Laundry 1,017 Contract Services 2,107 Total 11,098 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Breakdown by activity not available {2} Centrally available figures may not be wholly accurate CAPTION=Resource employment places in prisons in England and Wales Resource employment places in prisons in England and Wales 1990-91 to 1999-2000 Hansard Comment:TR="1"CP="Resource employment places in prisons in England and Wales"HR="1"BR="10"FN="1"CN="2"WC="1068"CW1="2004"CW2="1764&qu ot;HC="1" _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Totals{1} Farms and gardens 1999-2000 {2}2,784 1998-99 {2}2,949 1997-98 {2}3,508 1996-97 {2}3,508 1995-96 3,474 1994-95 3,474 1993-94 3,474 1992-93 3,474 1991-92 3,657 1990-91 3,551 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Breakdown by activity not available {2} Centrally available figures may not be wholly accurate

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

349 c307-9W; 120693

Session

1999-00

Subjects

Employment Manufacturing industries Prisons Productivity

Contains statistics

Yes

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