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Prisoners: Employment

Volume 480: debated on Wednesday 15 October 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice which closed (a) adult (i) male and (ii) female prisons and (b) (A) male and (B) female young offender institutions in England and Wales have introduced changes to the core working day since 1 January 2008; on which date the changes were introduced in each case; and which establishments have not introduced changes. (226262)

The final date for implementation of the standard core day was 29 June 2008. A number of prisons are introducing the change after this date for the reasons given in the following table.

Prison core day implementation

Establishment

Core Day Implemented

Date implemented

Acklington

Yes

29 June 2008

Albany

No

Prison being clustered with other prisons on the IOW will introduce once cluster complete

Ashwell

Yes

29 June 2008

Askham Grange

No

Open Prison

Aylesbury

Yes

29 June 2008

Bedford

Yes

29 June 2008

Belmarsh

Yes

1 January 2008

Birmingham

Yes

29 June 2008

Blakenhurst

Yes

13 July 2008

Blantyre House

No

Due to accommodation design unable to implement

Blundeston

Yes

6 July 2008

Brinsford

Yes

29 June 2008

Bristol

Yes

29 June 2008

Brixton

Yes

29 September 2008

Brockhill

Yes

13 July 2008

Buckley Hall

Yes

29 June 2008

Bullingdon

Yes

29 June 2008

Bullwood Hall

Yes

29 June 2008

Camp Hill

No

Prison being clustered with other prisons on the IOW will introduce once cluster complete

Canterbury

Yes

29 June 2008

Cardiff

Yes

29 June 2008

Castington

Yes

29 June 2008

Channings Wood

Yes

29 June 2008

Chelmsford

Yes

29 June 2008

Coldingley

No

New accommodation being completed will introduce Core day when work has finished

Cookham Wood

No

Juvenile

Dartmoor

Yes

4 July 2008

Deerbolt

Yes

20 June 2008

Dorchester

Yes

29 June 2008

Dover

No

Immigration removal centre

Downview

Yes

29 June 2008

Drake Hall

Yes

29 June 2008

Durham

Yes

29 June 2008

East Sutton

No

Open Prison

Eastwood Park

Yes

29 June 2008

Edmunds Hill

Yes

29 June 2008

Elmley

Yes

29 June 2008

Erlestoke

Yes

6 April 2008

Everthorpe

Yes

29 June 2008

Exeter

Yes

29 June 2008

Featherstone

Yes

29 June 2008

Feltham

Yes

29 June 2008

Ford

No

Open Prison

Foston Hall

Yes

29 June 2008

Frankland

Yes

29 June 2008

Full Sutton

Yes

29 June 2008

Garth

Yes

29 June 2008

Gartree

Yes

29 June 2008

Glen Parva

Yes

29 June 2008

Gloucester

Yes

29 June 2008

Grendon

Yes

29 June 2008

Guys Marsh

Yes

29 June 2008

Haslar

Yes

29 June 2008

Haverigg

Yes

29 June 2008

Hewell Grange

Yes

13 July 2008

High Down

Yes

29 June 2008

Highpoint

Yes

29 June 2008

Hindley

Yes

29 June 2008

Hollesley Bay

No

Juvenile

Holloway

No

Due to operational reasons unable to introduce, will introduce before end of 2008

Holme House

Yes

29 June 2008

Hull

Yes

27 April 2008

Huntercombe

No

Juvenile

Kennet

Yes

29 June 2008

Kingston

Yes

29 June 2008

Kirkham

No

Open Prison

Kirklevington

No

Due to accommodation design and prisoner regime unable to introduce

Lancaster Castle

Yes

29 June 2008

Lancaster Farms

Yes

29 June 2008

Latchmere House

No

Juvenile

Leeds

Yes

29 June 2008

Leicester

Yes

29 June 2008

Lewes

Yes

29 June 2008

Leyhill

No

Open Prison

Lincoln

Yes

29 June 2008

Lindholme

Yes

4 July 2008

Littlehey

Yes

29 June 2008

Liverpool

Yes

29 June 2008

Long Lartin

Yes

29 June 2008

Low Newton

Yes

29 June 2008

Maidstone

Yes

29 June 2008

Manchester

Yes

29 June 2008

Moorland Closed

Yes

29 June 2008

Morton Hall

Yes

29 June 2008

Moorland Open

No

Open Prison

New Hall

Yes

25 March 2008

North Sea Camp

No

Juvenile

Northallerton

Yes

25 January 2008

Norwich

Yes

29 June 2008

Nottingham

Yes

29 June 2008

Onley

Yes

29 June 2008

Parkhurst

No

Prison being clustered with other prisons on the IOW will introduce once cluster complete

Pentonville

Yes

4 July 2008

Portland

Yes

6 April 2008

Prescoed

Yes

29 June 2008

Preston

Yes

29 June 2008

Ranby

Yes

29 June 2008

Reading

Yes

29 June 2008

Risley

Yes

29 June 2008

Rochester

Yes

29 June 2008

Send

Yes

29 June 2008

Shepton Mallet

Yes

29 June 2008

Shrewsbury

Yes

29 June 2008

Springhill

No

Open Prison

Stafford

Yes

29 June 2008

Standford

No

Open Prison

Stocken

Yes

29 June 2008

Stoke Heath

Yes

29 June 2008

Styal

Yes

29 June 2008

Sudbury

No

Open Prison

Swaleside

Yes

29 June 2008

Swansea

Yes

29 June 2008

Swinfen Hall

Yes

29 June 2008

The Mount

Yes

29 June 2008

The Verne

No

Due to accommodation design and prisoner regime unable to introduce

Thorn Cross

No

Juvenile

Usk Cluster with Prescoed

Yes

29 June 2008

Wakefield

Yes

29 June 2008

Wandsworth

Yes

29 June 2008

Warren Hill

Yes

May 2008

Wayland

Yes

29 June 2008

Wealstun

Yes

29 June 2008

Wetherby

No

Juvenile

Wellingborough

Yes

29 June 2008

Werrington

No

Juvenile

Whatton

Yes

29 June 2008

Whitemoor

Yes

29 June 2008

Winchester

Yes

29 June 2008

Woodhill

Yes

29 June 2008

Wormwood Scrubs

Yes

29 June 2008

Wymott

Yes

29 June 2008