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Prisoners: Rehabilitation

Volume 467: debated on Thursday 15 November 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what average length of time has been spent on purposeful activity by those detained in each (a) prison and (b) young offender institutions in England and Wales in the last 12 months. (164178)

The average number of hours of purposeful activity per prisoner per week, for each establishment during the financial year 2006-07 is shown in the following table. The primary function is shown for each establishment, with young offender institutes and male juvenile establishments listed first.

Average number of hours of purposeful activity per prisoner per week, 2006-07

Prison

Primary function

Purposeful activity per prisoner per week

Aylesbury

Male closed young offender

21.8

Brinsford

Male closed young offender

28.8

Castington

Male closed young offender

25.7

Deerbolt

Male closed young offender

20.8

Feltham

Male closed young offender

30.1

Glen Parva

Male closed young offender

23.0

Hindley

Male closed young offender

29.6

Lancaster Farms

Male closed young offender

26.2

Northallerton

Male closed young offender

25.8

Portland

Male closed young offender

21.7

Reading

Male closed young offender

20.6

Rochester

Male closed young offender

25.7

Stoke Heath

Male closed young offender

25.9

Swinfen Hall

Male closed young offender

27.4

Thorn Cross

Male open young offender

40.0

Ashfield

Male juvenile

30.0

Huntercombe

Male juvenile

28.6

Warren Hill

Male juvenile

25.8

Werrington

Male juvenile

31.5

Wetherby

Male juvenile

31.1

Albany

Category B

23.0

Dovegate

Category B

31.2

Garth

Category B

25.5

Gartree

Category B

25.0

Grendon

Category B

30.2

Highdown

Category B

16.3

Kingston

Category B

25.6

Lowdham Grange

Category B

27.4

Parkhurst

Category B

23.3

Rye Hill

Category B

28.5

Swaleside

Category B

24.1

Acklington

Category C

22.2

Ashwell

Category C

31.7

Blundeston

Category C

25.9

Brockhill

Category C

18.9

Buckley Hall

Category C

25.5

Bullwood Hall

Category C

21.0

Camp Hill

Category C

22.0

Canterbury

Category C

22.3

Channings Wood

Category C

26.1

Coldingley

Category C

32.0

Dartmoor

Category C

23.1

Edmunds Hill

Category C

23.5

Erlestoke

Category C

25.5

Everthorpe

Category C

28.0

Featherstone

Category C

26.1

Guys Marsh

Category C

29.8

Haverigg

Category C

28.9

Highpoint

Category C

25.6

Lancaster

Category C

22.9

Lindholme

Category C

25.5

Littlehey

Category C

25.0

Maidstone

Category C

22.9

Moorland

Category C

30.7

Mount

Category C

27.1

Onley

Category C

25.7

Ranby

Category C

24.8

Risley

Category C

25.3

Shepton Mallet

Category C

25.5

Stafford

Category C

27.1

Stocken

Category C

27.0

Usk\Prescoed

Category C

36.5

Verne

Category C

28.8

Wayland

Category C

26.4

Wealstun

Category C

28.3

Wellingborough

Category C

25.8

Whatton

Category C

22.0

Wolds

Category C

30.2

Wymott

Category C

30.4

Frankland

Dispersal

20.3

Full Sutton

Dispersal

20.0

Long Lartin

Dispersal

20.7

Wakefield

Dispersal

16.8

Whitemoor

Dispersal

21.6

Cookham Wood

Female closed

29.0

Downview

Female closed

27.5

Foston Hall

Female closed

22.6

Send

Female closed

31.6

Bronzefield

Female local

29.4

Eastwood Park

Female local

24.5

Holloway

Female local

24.0

Low Newton

Female local

24.8

New Hall

Female local

24.0

Styal

Female local

22.0

Askham Grange

Female open

41.3

East Sutton Park

Female open

43.4

Altcourse

Male local

35.0

Bedford

Male local

19.8

Belmarsh

Male local

14.9

Birmingham

Male local

20.9

Blakenhurst

Male local

27.1

Bristol

Male local

17.6

Brixton

Male local

18.0

Bullingdon

Male local

21.5

Cardiff

Male local

25.6

Chelmsford

Male local

23.3

Doncaster

Male local

23.3

Dorchester

Male local

17.7

Durham

Male local

17.4

Elmley

Male local

19.5

Exeter

Male local

19.8

Forest Bank

Male local

26.6

Gloucester

Male local

19.8

Holme House

Male local

17.3

Hull

Male local

23.5

Leeds

Male local

23.5

Leicester

Male local

25.5

Lewes

Male local

22.3

Lincoln

Male local

19.4

Liverpool

Male local

21.5

Manchester

Male local

22.5

Norwich

Male local

22.1

Nottingham

Male local

24.7

Pare

Male local

32.2

Pentonville

Male local

17.3

Preston

Male local

20.3

Shrewsbury

Male local

19.1

Swansea

Male local

17.2

Wandsworth

Male local

23.0

Winchester

Male local

21.8

Woodhill

Male local

17.3

Wormwood Scrubs

Male local

21.5

Ford

Male open

40.7

Hewell Grange

Male open

41.4

Hollesley Bay

Male open

38.2

Kirkham

Male open

40.7

Leyhill

Male open

39.6

North Sea Camp

Male open

39.5

Standford Hill

Male open

38.8

Sudbury

Male open

41.3

Blantyre House

Semi open

55.7

Drake Hall

Semi open

34.1

Haslar

Semi open

53.3

Kirklevington

Semi open

54.5

Latchmere House

Semi open

49.2

Morton Hall

Semi open

32.7