The average weekly physical education and recreational sports activity per prisoner for each establishment during 2006-07 and 2007-08 (provisional to December) is shown in the following table. Data are not available to differentiate between adults and young offenders for those establishments that hold both.
These figures do not include any other time that prisoners may take exercise.
Prison rule (No. 29) requires that
“If circumstances reasonably permit, a prisoner aged 21 years or over shall be given the opportunity to participate in physical education for at least one hour a week.”
The reality is that some adult prisoners choose not to participate in PE.
The table of figures in the answer has been calculated using the total (average) prison population for each establishment—not the number of prisoners that actually participate, which significantly reduces the average figure for those that choose to participate. Data are not available to show the levels of participation at each establishment.
Participation is subject to a number of factors including the type of prisoner held, the facilities available and personal choice.
Type Establishment name Establishment type 2006-07 2007-081 Adult Acklington Category C 1.56 2.20 Adult Albany Category B 2.06 2.79 Adult Altcourse Male Local 3.78 3.75 Adult Ashwell Category C 4.96 5.21 Adult Askham Grange Female Open 0.72 1.72 Adult Bedford Male Local 1.84 1.98 Adult Belmarsh Male Local 1.58 1.38 Adult Birmingham Male Local 1.40 1.46 Adult Blakenhurst Male Local 2.81 2.08 Adult Blantyre House Semi Open 3.61 3.92 Adult Blundeston Category C 3.22 4.10 Adult Bristol Male Local 1.59 1.52 Adult Brixton Male Local 0.32 0.99 Adult Brockhill Category C 2.24 4.34 Adult Bronzefield Female Local 2.13 3.51 Adult Buckley Hall Category C 2.42 2.24 Adult Bullingdon Male Local 2.14 2.32 Adult Bullwood Hall Category C 0.88 1.39 Adult Camp Hill Category C 2.28 2.14 Adult Canterbury Category C 4.08 4.31 Adult Cardiff Male Local 1.50 1.52 Adult Channings Wood Category C 1.02 1.89 Adult Chelmsford Male Local 3.16 2.53 Adult Coldingley Category C 1.76 2.09 Adult Cookham Wood Female Closed 0.51 1.01 Adult Dartmoor Category C 1.83 2.00 Adult Doncaster Male Local 1.73 1.76 Adult Dorchester Male Local 2.45 2.84 Adult Dovegate Category B 2.41 1.93 Adult Downview Female Closed 2.93 2.67 Adult Drake Hall Semi Open 1.95 2.80 Adult Durham Male Local 1.64 1.76 Adult East Sutton Park Female Open 0.19 0.10 Adult Eastwood Park Female Local 0.50 0.85 Adult Edmunds Hill Category C 2.08 2.48 Adult Elmley Male Local 1.76 1.80 Adult Erlestoke Category C 2.33 2.63 Adult Everthorpe Category C 2.37 2.49 Adult Exeter Male Local 1.83 1.90 Adult Featherstone Category C 2.55 2.50 Adult Ford Male Open 3.85 3.90 Adult Forest Bank Male Local 8.85 9.98 Adult Foston Hall Female Closed 0.76 1.79 Adult Frankland Dispersal 2.09 2.25 Adult Full Sutton Dispersal 2.76 2.86 Adult Garth Category B 2.20 1.98 Adult Gartree Category B 2.12 1.71 Adult Gloucester Male Local 1.67 2.20 Adult Grendon Category B 1.38 1.81 Adult Guys Marsh Category C 2.56 3.08 Adult Haverigg Category C 3.25 2.74 Adult Hewell Grange Male Open 3.67 4.99 Adult High Down Male Local 1.53 1.73 Adult Highpoint Category C 1.58 1.87 Adult Hollesley Bay Male Open 3.26 3.33 Adult Holloway Female Local 2.06 2.25 Adult Holme House Male Local 1.88 2.22 Adult Hull Male Local 1.29 1.41 Adult Kennet Category C n/a 5.58 Adult Kingston Category B 2.92 3.92 Adult Kirkham Male Open 4.21 3.63 Adult Kirklevington Semi Open 3.15 2.80 Adult Lancaster Category C 3.54 3.17 Adult Latchmere House Semi Open 3.44 1.49 Adult Leeds Male Local 1.08 1.16 Adult Leicester Male Local 2.66 3.02 Adult Lewes Male Local 2.13 1.97 Adult Leyhill Male Open 3.63 4.49 Adult Lincoln Male Local 1.27 0.90 Adult Lindholme Category C 2.77 2.92 Adult Littlehey Category C 2.21 2.05 Adult Liverpool Male Local 1.33 1.42 Adult Long Lartin Dispersal 2.45 3.31 Adult Low Newton Female Local 1.03 1.63 Adult Lowdham Grange Category B 2.78 1.57 Adult Maidstone Category C 1.66 1.60 Adult Manchester Male Local 1.19 1.09 Adult Moorland Category C 3.76 3.98 Adult Morton Hall Semi Open 2.61 3.10 Adult Mount Category C 1.94 2.24 Adult New Hall Female Local 1.63 1.85 Adult North Sea Camp Male Open 3.25 4.17 Adult Norwich Male Local 1.27 1.98 Adult Nottingham Male Local 2.66 2.50 Adult Onley Category C 3.51 3.33 Adult Parc Male Local 0.36 2.91 Adult Parkhurst Category B 2.02 1.92 Adult Pentonville Male Local 0.92 1.29 Adult Peterborough Male Local 3.25 1.25 Adult Preston Male Local 2.36 2.09 Adult Ranby Category C 2.97 2.91 Adult Risley Category C 2.26 1.99 Adult Rye Hill Category B 2.07 1.88 Adult Send Female Closed 1.99 1.51 Adult Shepton Mallet Category C 1.85 1.95 Adult Shrewsbury Male Local 1.56 1.54 Adult Stafford Category C 3.07 3.32 Adult Standford Hill Male Open 1.55 1.80 Adult Stocken Category C 3.71 2.02 Adult Styal Female Local 2.10 2.14 Adult Sudbury Male Open 3.37 3.14 Adult Swaleside Category B 2.19 2.59 Adult Swansea Male Local 1.56 2.46 Adult Usk/Prescoed Category C 2.15 2.28 Adult Verne Category C 2.09 1.58 Adult Wakefield Dispersal 1.72 1.92 Adult Wandsworth Male Local 1.29 1.58 Adult Wayland Category C 3.16 3.97 Adult Wealstun Category C 2.60 2.48 Adult Wellingborough Category C 1.86 2.24 Adult Whatton Category C 2.39 2.56 Adult Whitemoor Dispersal 2.34 2.01 Adult Winchester Male Local 1.57 1.92 Adult Wolds Category C 2.34 2.14 Adult Woodhill Male Local 1.68 1.50 Adult Wormwood Scrubs Male Local 1.97 1.43 Adult Wymott Category C 1.70 1.90 Juvenile Ashfield Male Juvenile 4.05 3.50 Juvenile Huntercombe Male Juvenile 3.88 5.62 Juvenile Warren Hill Male Juvenile 3.31 3.04 Juvenile Werrington Male Juvenile 4.20 3.84 Juvenile Wetherby Male Juvenile 3.46 3.58 Young Offender Aylesbury Male Closed YOI 3.47 3.65 Young Offender Brinsford Male Closed YOI 2.87 2.61 Young Offender Castington Male Closed YOI 3.22 2.65 Young Offender Deerbolt Male Closed YOI 3.44 3.98 Young Offender Feltham Male Closed YOI 4.25 3.43 Young Offender Glen Parva Male Closed YOI 2.63 2.71 Young Offender Hindley Male Closed YOI 3.11 3.88 Young Offender Lancaster Farms Male Closed YOI 2.88 2.54 Young Offender Northallerton Male Closed YOI 3.34 3.40 Young Offender Portland Male Closed YOI 2.62 2.20 Young Offender Reading Male Closed YOI 3.14 3.27 Young Offender Rochester Male Closed YOI 1.90 2.79 Young Offender Stoke Heath Male Closed YOI 4.54 3.38 Young Offender Swinfen Hall Male Closed YOI 3.67 3.52 Young Offender Thorn Cross Male Open YOI 7.30 8.04 1 Provisional year to date—subject to ongoing validation.