The average weekday time out of cell for the last three available months is shown in the following table. Data are provisional and subject to ongoing validation.
Average weekday time out of cell May 9.53 June 9.57 July 9.72
The National Offender Management Service does not collate data on the number of returns to cells and releases from cells during the day, on (a) weekdays and (b) weekends. Therefore, this data cannot be provided for each prison.
(2) how many prisoners were held in prisons outside the criminal justice area of their last known address in each of the last 10 years, broken down by criminal justice area.
As at March 2008 (the latest date for which data are available), 11,200 prisoners out of a total of 16,600 prisoners who gave London as their home area were held outside of London. This issue is one of the reasons why we are seeking to extend capacity through the larger prison programme in London and the South East.
Data on the distance from criminal justice area are only available from 2005 onwards and is shown in the tables.
Average figures for distance from home for prisoners are 50 miles for men and 58 miles for women.
CJ area Number of prisoners from area Number of prisoners from CJ area held outside area Proportion of prisoners held out of CJ area (Percentage) Number of prisoners from area Number of prisoners from CJ area held outside area Proportion of prisoners held out of CJ area (Percentage) Avon and Somerset 1,727 1,157 67 1,699 1,162 68 Bedfordshire 881 641 73 938 733 78 Cambridgeshire 779 423 54 834 487 58 Cheshire 1,337 1,047 78 1,287 1,012 79 Cleveland 1,353 707 52 1,217 641 53 Cumbria 471 390 83 495 413 83 Derbyshire 1,052 1,004 95 1,115 1,071 96 Devon and Cornwall 1,474 693 47 1,325 547 41 Dorset 610 293 48 682 354 52 Durham 409 327 80 696 537 77 Dyfed-Powys 386 386 100 430 430 100 Essex 1,453 1,090 75 1,543 1,201 78 Gloucestershire 487 322 66 558 408 73 Greater Manchester 5,063 2,670 53 5,212 2,907 56 Gwent 498 465 93 583 534 92 Hampshire and Isle of Wight 1,969 1,078 55 1,996 1,145 57 Hertfordshire 837 783 94 917 876 96 Humberside 1,509 750 50 1,393 689 49 Kent 2,059 618 30 2,049 790 39 Lancashire 2,391 1,056 44 2,400 1,134 47 Leicestershire 1,150 645 56 1,184 681 58 Lincolnshire 598 375 63 609 416 68 London 12,690 7,632 60 13,548 8,584 63 Merseyside 2,848 1,816 64 3,268 2,199 67 Norfolk 824 431 52 775 393 51 North Wales 657 657 100 654 654 100 North Yorkshire 679 663 98 720 706 98 Northamptonshire 824 648 79 895 724 81 Northumbria 1,832 1,344 73 1,821 1,338 73 Nottinghamshire 1,917 1,332 69 1,994 1,379 69 South Wales 2,058 818 40 2,031 764 38 South Yorkshire 2,394 1,108 46 2,516 1,275 51 Staffordshire 1,346 999 74 1,207 921 76 Suffolk 556 472 85 650 538 83 Surrey 629 392 62 747 496 66 Sussex 1,590 1,106 70 1,619 1,122 69 Thames Valley 2,028 917 45 2,220 1,104 50 Warwickshire 657 657 100 507 507 100 West Mercia 1,287 843 66 1,153 762 66 West Midlands 4,825 3,712 77 5,984 4,810 80 West Yorkshire 3,842 2,072 54 3,926 2,231 57 Wiltshire 405 371 92 465 423 91
CJ area Number of prisoners from area Number of prisoners from CJ area held outside area Proportion of prisoners held out of CJ area (Percentage) Number of prisoners from area Number of prisoners from CJ area held outside area Proportion of prisoners held out of CJ area (Percentage) Avon and Somerset 1,633 1,125 69 1,705 1,187 70 Bedfordshire 835 654 78 884 686 78 Cambridgeshire 845 497 59 882 532 60 Cheshire 1,222 1,062 87 1,206 1,073 89 Cleveland 1,246 712 57 1,245 697 56 Cumbria 531 464 87 521 417 80 Derbyshire 1,147 1,098 96 1,139 1,076 94 Devon and Cornwall 1,295 574 44 1,232 575 47 Dorset 644 377 59 651 403 62 Durham 634 495 78 681 526 77 Dyfed-Powys 223 223 100 253 253 100 Essex 1,479 1,087 73 1,521 1,161 76 Gloucestershire 581 449 77 584 457 78 Greater Manchester 5,596 3,150 56 5,665 3,247 57 Gwent 593 524 88 585 516 88 Hampshire and Isle of Wight 1,975 1,229 62 1,956 1,212 62 Hertfordshire 739 709 96 769 747 97 Humberside 1,491 728 49 1,544 780 51 Kent 1,987 825 42 1,988 867 44 Lancashire 2,437 1,177 48 2,318 1,082 47 Leicestershire 1,098 745 68 1,102 768 70 Lincolnshire 636 413 65 647 403 62 London 16,203 10,793 67 16,664 11,218 67 Merseyside 3,120 1,949 62 3,214 1,973 61 Norfolk 812 480 59 814 517 64 North Wales 752 752 100 782 782 100 North Yorkshire 668 637 95 632 603 95 Northamptonshire 1,011 845 84 969 794 82 Northumbria 1,953 1,411 72 1,863 1,334 72 Nottinghamshire 1,858 1,287 69 1,954 1,385 71 South Wales 2,281 752 33 2,373 784 33 South Yorkshire 2,502 1,211 48 2,512 1,234 49 Staffordshire 1,266 981 77 1,298 993 77 Suffolk 553 462 84 571 483 85 Surrey 631 424 67 642 426 66 Sussex 1,719 1,259 73 1,704 1,212 71 Thames Valley 2,198 1,145 52 2,171 1,166 54 Warwickshire 561 561 100 490 490 100 West Mercia 1,065 748 70 1,114 779 70 West Midlands 5,573 4,633 83 5,807 4,788 82 West Yorkshire 3,907 2,534 65 4,054 2,764 68 Wiltshire 421 388 92 444 407 92