Written question asked by Simon Hughes (Liberal Democrat) on Friday, 11 April 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 1 May 2003. It was answered by Hilary Benn (Labour) on Thursday, 1 May 2003 on behalf of the Home Office.

Home Office

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many hours of purposeful activity prisoners engaged in at (a) HMP Altcourse, (b) HMP Rye Hill and (c) HMP Wolds in 2001-02. - Including table.

Answer: Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many hours of purposeful activity prisoners engaged in at (a) HMP Altcourse, (b) HMP Rye Hill and (c) HMP Wolds in 2001-02. [109522] Hilary Benn: The average hours per week spent by prisoners in purposeful activity for each of the requested prisons in 2001-02, is shown in the following table. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Establishment Average purposeful hours per prisoner per week Altcourse 34.3 Rye Hill 29.4 Wolds 28.3 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 109522; 404 c527W
Session: 2002-03
Subjects: Prisoners Prisons Rehabilitation HMP Wolds HMP Altcourse HMP Rye Hill
Contains statistics: Yes
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