The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Falconer of Thoroton on 2015-11-04.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many hours on average each prisoner spent per week (1) in a cell, and (2) on purposeful activity, in (a) each prison, (b) each category of prison, and (c) the entire prison estate, in each year since 2010.
Lord Faulks
Time unlocked and purposeful activity were two of the National Offender Management Service’s performance indicators for prisons until 2011/2012. These indicators were discontinued from the start of 2012/13. However, the figures requested are provided for 2010/11 and 2011/12 in the tables below.
Tables 1 and 2 cover time spent in cell. Average time in cell is measured per weekday and this information is provided by individual prison establishment, by prison category and across the prison estate. The figures for time in cell are derived from information collected on the average hours per weekday that prisoners are unlocked and using these to estimate hours spent locked in cell. It should be noted that time in cell includes time when prisoners are asleep. Time unlocked includes time where a prisoner is either out of their cell or where the cell door is unlocked allowing them to move freely in and out of the cell.
Tables 3 and 4 show the reported average hours of purposeful activity per prisoner per week at establishment level, for each category of prison and across the prison estate
These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems, which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.
Table 1: Time in Cell by Prison Establishment: Average Hours per Prisoner per Week Day
|
Establishment Name
|
2010-11
|
2011-12
|
|
Acklington
|
15.5
|
–
|
|
Albany
|
–
|
–
|
|
Altcourse
|
11.1
|
12.6
|
|
Ashfield
|
14.0
|
14.1
|
|
Ashwell
|
14.5
|
–
|
|
Askham Grange
|
8.0
|
8.0
|
|
Aylesbury
|
16.8
|
16.6
|
|
Bedford
|
14.3
|
14.4
|
|
Belmarsh
|
15.9
|
24.0
|
|
Birmingham
|
16.2
|
16.1
|
|
Blantyre House
|
6.0
|
6.0
|
|
Blundeston
|
14.0
|
12.4
|
|
Brinsford
|
14.1
|
24.0
|
|
Bristol
|
15.1
|
15.7
|
|
Brixton
|
17.4
|
17.4
|
|
Bronzefield
|
14.1
|
14.1
|
|
Buckley Hall
|
15.2
|
15.4
|
|
Bullingdon
|
16.1
|
15.6
|
|
Bullwood Hall
|
10.3
|
10.1
|
|
Camp Hill
|
–
|
–
|
|
Canterbury
|
13.7
|
13.3
|
|
Cardiff
|
15.9
|
16.7
|
|
Castington
|
16.6
|
–
|
|
Channings Wood
|
15.3
|
15.4
|
|
Chelmsford
|
14.7
|
14.4
|
|
Coldingley
|
14.4
|
14.6
|
|
Cookham Wood
|
15.2
|
14.3
|
|
Dartmoor
|
13.6
|
13.4
|
|
Deerbolt
|
17.5
|
17.2
|
|
Doncaster
|
13.4
|
11.6
|
|
Dorchester
|
18.2
|
18.5
|
|
Dovegate
|
14.8
|
14.3
|
|
Dover
|
11.4
|
11.4
|
|
Downview
|
13.8
|
14.2
|
|
Drake Hall
|
5.3
|
6.5
|
|
Durham
|
16.1
|
16.2
|
|
East Sutton Park
|
7.0
|
7.0
|
|
Eastwood Park
|
13.1
|
15.0
|
|
Edmunds Hill
|
10.2
|
–
|
|
Elmley
|
–
|
–
|
|
Erlestoke
|
14.3
|
14.4
|
|
Everthorpe
|
16.7
|
16.7
|
|
Exeter
|
16.2
|
15.9
|
|
Featherstone
|
13.1
|
14.5
|
|
Feltham
|
16.3
|
17.1
|
|
Ford
|
11.5
|
11.5
|
|
Forest Bank
|
13.7
|
13.7
|
|
Foston Hall
|
12.5
|
14.5
|
|
Frankland
|
15.1
|
14.9
|
|
Full Sutton
|
15.1
|
15.0
|
|
Garth
|
15.1
|
15.3
|
|
Gartree
|
15.2
|
15.5
|
|
Glen Parva
|
16.4
|
17.0
|
|
Gloucester
|
15.6
|
16.1
|
|
Grendon
|
10.3
|
10.3
|
|
Guys Marsh
|
13.6
|
13.7
|
|
Haslar
|
12.0
|
12.0
|
|
Haverigg
|
9.2
|
9.7
|
|
Hewell
|
13.3
|
13.0
|
|
High Down
|
16.2
|
16.5
|
|
Highpoint
|
14.5
|
13.3
|
|
Hindley
|
13.9
|
13.7
|
|
Hollesley Bay
|
8.0
|
8.0
|
|
Holloway
|
15.0
|
15.0
|
|
Holme House
|
16.1
|
15.4
|
|
Hull
|
16.0
|
16.1
|
|
Huntercombe
|
13.5
|
14.1
|
|
Isis
|
–
|
17.4
|
|
Isle of Wight
|
14.8
|
14.5
|
|
Kennet
|
13.8
|
13.7
|
|
Kingston
|
14.0
|
14.3
|
|
Kirkham
|
9.2
|
9.2
|
|
Kirklevington
|
5.0
|
5.0
|
|
Lancaster
|
14.9
|
–
|
|
Lancaster Farms
|
16.3
|
16.4
|
|
Latchmere House
|
0.0
|
1.9
|
|
Leeds
|
16.2
|
13.8
|
|
Leicester
|
16.5
|
16.1
|
|
Lewes
|
15.3
|
15.0
|
|
Leyhill
|
8.0
|
8.0
|
|
Lincoln
|
17.0
|
16.2
|
|
Lindholme
|
15.7
|
15.9
|
|
Littlehey
|
16.3
|
15.1
|
|
Liverpool
|
15.7
|
15.8
|
|
Long Lartin
|
14.7
|
15.7
|
|
Low Newton
|
13.4
|
13.5
|
|
Lowdham Grange
|
13.2
|
12.9
|
|
Maidstone
|
15.2
|
15.0
|
|
Manchester
|
13.8
|
13.4
|
|
Moorland
|
12.7
|
11.8
|
|
Morton Hall
|
10.4
|
24.0
|
|
Mount
|
13.1
|
13.0
|
|
New Hall
|
14.8
|
15.7
|
|
North Sea Camp
|
6.5
|
6.5
|
|
Northallerton
|
15.7
|
15.0
|
|
Northumberland
|
–
|
15.6
|
|
Norwich
|
15.2
|
15.8
|
|
Nottingham
|
16.2
|
16.2
|
|
Onley
|
14.8
|
14.4
|
|
Parc
|
14.6
|
14.9
|
|
Parkhurst
|
–
|
–
|
|
Pentonville
|
16.3
|
16.6
|
|
Peterborough
|
14.7
|
14.8
|
|
Portland
|
15.1
|
15.4
|
|
Preston
|
15.7
|
15.7
|
|
Ranby
|
14.3
|
14.6
|
|
Reading
|
15.1
|
14.4
|
|
Risley
|
15.0
|
15.0
|
|
Rochester
|
14.3
|
14.0
|
|
Rye Hill
|
14.8
|
14.3
|
|
Send
|
12.1
|
12.1
|
|
Sheppey Cluster
|
15.0
|
15.2
|
|
Shepton Mallet
|
14.6
|
14.5
|
|
Shrewsbury
|
15.4
|
15.4
|
|
Stafford
|
16.6
|
16.4
|
|
Standford Hill
|
–
|
–
|
|
Stocken
|
16.1
|
16.5
|
|
Stoke Heath
|
16.2
|
15.5
|
|
Styal
|
10.5
|
11.5
|
|
Sudbury
|
5.0
|
5.0
|
|
Swaleside
|
–
|
–
|
|
Swansea
|
15.5
|
15.4
|
|
Swinfen Hall
|
16.2
|
17.8
|
|
Thorn Cross
|
9.0
|
10.2
|
|
UskPrescoed
|
11.6
|
11.4
|
|
Verne
|
9.0
|
9.1
|
|
Wakefield
|
14.9
|
14.8
|
|
Wandsworth
|
17.4
|
16.7
|
|
Warren Hill
|
14.6
|
15.2
|
|
Wayland
|
12.6
|
11.7
|
|
Wealstun
|
16.5
|
15.7
|
|
Wellingborough
|
14.2
|
15.0
|
|
Werrington
|
14.3
|
14.8
|
|
Wetherby
|
14.2
|
14.4
|
|
Whatton
|
14.2
|
13.6
|
|
Whitemoor
|
15.5
|
15.2
|
|
Winchester
|
15.0
|
16.5
|
|
Wolds
|
12.1
|
12.0
|
|
Woodhill
|
15.0
|
14.5
|
|
Wormwood Scrubs
|
16.8
|
16.9
|
|
Wymott
|
15.5
|
15.5
|
|
National Total
|
14.5
|
14.5
|
‘-‘ Data not available
Table 2: Time in Cell by Prison Category: Average Hours per Prisoner per Week Day
|
Category
|
2010-11
|
2011-12
|
|
Category B
|
14.1
|
13.9
|
|
Category C
|
14.2
|
14.1
|
|
Dispersal
|
15
|
15.1
|
|
Female closed
|
12.8
|
13.6
|
|
Female local
|
13.5
|
14.1
|
|
Female open
|
7.6
|
7.6
|
|
Male closed young offender
|
15.8
|
16.2
|
|
Male juvenile
|
14.3
|
14.4
|
|
Male local
|
15.5
|
15.4
|
|
Male open
|
8.1
|
8.1
|
|
Male open young offender
|
9
|
10.2
|
|
Semi open
|
6
|
6.2
|
|
Cluster
|
14.5
|
14.5
|
|
National Total
|
14.5
|
14.5
|
Note: In the above table prisons are categorised according to their predominant function, though some establishments will have more than one function.
Table 3: Average number of hours per prisoner per week in purposeful activity by establishment
|
Establishment name
|
2010/11
|
2011/12
|
|
Acklington
|
20.7
|
–
|
|
Albany
|
24.2
|
24.6
|
|
Altcourse
|
35.2
|
33.7
|
|
Ashfield
|
29.1
|
26.7
|
|
Ashwell
|
29.1
|
–
|
|
Askham Grange
|
40.7
|
40.0
|
|
Aylesbury
|
20.7
|
21.9
|
|
Bedford
|
19.2
|
18.5
|
|
Belmarsh
|
18.5
|
18.4
|
|
Birmingham
|
21.3
|
21.3
|
|
Blantyre House
|
52.1
|
52.2
|
|
Blundeston
|
25.5
|
24.6
|
|
Brinsford
|
28.0
|
29.9
|
|
Bristol
|
25.2
|
22.9
|
|
Brixton
|
17.5
|
17.7
|
|
Bronzefield
|
26.6
|
26.9
|
|
Buckley Hall
|
27.0
|
26.5
|
|
Bullingdon
|
22.6
|
20.9
|
|
Bullwood Hall
|
24.5
|
24.0
|
|
Bure
|
21.2
|
24.6
|
|
Camp Hill
|
22.4
|
23.7
|
|
Canterbury
|
19.7
|
21.6
|
|
Cardiff
|
22.6
|
20.0
|
|
Castington
|
22.3
|
–
|
|
Channings Wood
|
24.0
|
23.7
|
|
Chelmsford
|
25.8
|
26.5
|
|
Coldingley
|
25.6
|
25.7
|
|
Cookham Wood
|
23.6
|
26.8
|
|
Dartmoor
|
24.1
|
23.1
|
|
Deerbolt
|
21.2
|
22.8
|
|
Doncaster
|
23.4
|
22.1
|
|
Dorchester
|
17.7
|
17.2
|
|
Dovegate
|
31.8
|
33.3
|
|
Dover
|
–
|
–
|
|
Downview
|
31.4
|
28.5
|
|
Drake Hall
|
34.4
|
36.0
|
|
Durham
|
16.9
|
18.2
|
|
East Sutton Park
|
45.0
|
45.3
|
|
Eastwood Park
|
21.5
|
22.4
|
|
Edmunds Hill
|
24.8
|
–
|
|
Elmley
|
17.1
|
17.5
|
|
Erlestoke
|
24.6
|
24.8
|
|
Everthorpe
|
22.5
|
22.7
|
|
Exeter
|
17.9
|
18.9
|
|
Featherstone
|
26.4
|
25.7
|
|
Feltham
|
22.2
|
20.3
|
|
Ford
|
41.6
|
41.8
|
|
Forest Bank
|
25.7
|
25.3
|
|
Foston Hall
|
30.9
|
29.7
|
|
Frankland
|
19.7
|
20.8
|
|
Full Sutton
|
20.5
|
21.1
|
|
Garth
|
25.9
|
26.2
|
|
Gartree
|
26.4
|
28.7
|
|
Glen Parva
|
20.7
|
20.8
|
|
Gloucester
|
20.7
|
19.5
|
|
Grendon
|
31.9
|
33.7
|
|
Guys Marsh
|
24.7
|
23.8
|
|
Haslar
|
–
|
–
|
|
Hatfield
|
–
|
–
|
|
Haverigg
|
27.6
|
25.3
|
|
Hewell
|
25.6
|
25.2
|
|
High Down
|
19.2
|
18.6
|
|
Highpoint
|
25.1
|
0.0
|
|
Hindley
|
30.9
|
33.4
|
|
Hollesley Bay
|
43.1
|
43.3
|
|
Holloway
|
23.1
|
21.8
|
|
Holme House
|
18.9
|
22.0
|
|
Hull
|
19.8
|
19.6
|
|
Huntercombe
|
27.0
|
28.4
|
|
Kennet
|
25.6
|
25.7
|
|
Kingston
|
29.2
|
27.3
|
|
Kirkham
|
47.1
|
49.3
|
|
Kirklevington
|
53.0
|
51.5
|
|
Lancaster
|
26.7
|
–
|
|
Lancaster Farms
|
26.9
|
27.0
|
|
Latchmere House
|
56.5
|
56.5
|
|
Leeds
|
18.6
|
18.9
|
|
Leicester
|
18.8
|
18.9
|
|
Lewes
|
23.0
|
20.3
|
|
Leyhill
|
39.5
|
40.0
|
|
Lincoln
|
19.3
|
18.9
|
|
Lindholme
|
21.4
|
21.5
|
|
Littlehey
|
20.6
|
22.5
|
|
Liverpool
|
20.2
|
20.8
|
|
Long Lartin
|
20.0
|
21.4
|
|
Low Newton
|
23.8
|
23.7
|
|
Lowdham Grange
|
27.3
|
27.9
|
|
Maidstone
|
25.1
|
25.9
|
|
Manchester
|
23.8
|
24.7
|
|
Moorland
|
29.0
|
31.1
|
|
Morton Hall
|
30.9
|
0.0
|
|
Mount
|
24.4
|
24.8
|
|
New Hall
|
27.2
|
25.0
|
|
North Sea Camp
|
45.9
|
43.1
|
|
Northallerton
|
23.7
|
23.5
|
|
Northumberland
|
–
|
20.0
|
|
Norwich
|
24.8
|
23.9
|
|
Nottingham
|
26.3
|
27.0
|
|
Onley
|
25.4
|
26.0
|
|
Parc
|
26.8
|
26.8
|
|
Parkhurst
|
21.3
|
22.9
|
|
Pentonville
|
18.1
|
18.4
|
|
Peterborough
|
–
|
–
|
|
Portland
|
27.6
|
–
|
|
Preston
|
20.7
|
20.6
|
|
Ranby
|
23.9
|
24.0
|
|
Reading
|
22.4
|
22.5
|
|
Risley
|
27.1
|
27.2
|
|
Rochester
|
22.0
|
22.3
|
|
Rye Hill
|
27.9
|
28.7
|
|
Send
|
30.6
|
31.2
|
|
Shepton Mallet
|
23.2
|
24.0
|
|
Shrewsbury
|
25.8
|
27.1
|
|
Stafford
|
26.2
|
26.6
|
|
Standford Hill
|
36.7
|
40.1
|
|
Stocken
|
25.7
|
24.8
|
|
Stoke Heath
|
25.6
|
28.1
|
|
Styal
|
24.7
|
23.1
|
|
Sudbury
|
43.6
|
45.8
|
|
Swaleside
|
24.3
|
26.6
|
|
Swansea
|
21.6
|
20.4
|
|
Swinfen Hall
|
26.3
|
23.8
|
|
Thameside
|
–
|
–
|
|
Thorn Cross
|
45.3
|
47.0
|
|
UskPrescoed
|
35.0
|
33.7
|
|
Verne
|
26.7
|
25.9
|
|
Wakefield
|
20.5
|
21.2
|
|
Wandsworth
|
17.2
|
17.6
|
|
Warren Hill
|
29.5
|
28.5
|
|
Wayland
|
25.2
|
25.8
|
|
Wealstun
|
20.4
|
21.7
|
|
Wellingborough
|
26.8
|
25.4
|
|
Werrington
|
30.8
|
27.6
|
|
Wetherby
|
29.7
|
27.5
|
|
Whatton
|
26.0
|
25.2
|
|
Whitemoor
|
24.1
|
25.5
|
|
Winchester
|
19.1
|
18.0
|
|
Wolds
|
24.4
|
24.1
|
|
Woodhill
|
21.2
|
20.0
|
|
Wormwood Scrubs
|
17.2
|
16.8
|
|
Wymott
|
25.7
|
26.2
|
|
National Total
|
24.7
|
24.9
|
‘-‘ Data not available
Table 4: Average number of hours per prisoner per week in purposeful activity by prison category
|
Category
|
2010/11
|
2011/12
|
|
Category B
|
27.1
|
30.1
|
|
Category C
|
24.8
|
25.2
|
|
Dispersal
|
20.7
|
21.7
|
|
Female closed
|
30.9
|
29.5
|
|
Female local
|
24.7
|
23.8
|
|
Female open
|
42.5
|
42.3
|
|
Male closed young offender
|
24.2
|
24.0
|
|
Male juvenile
|
28.9
|
27.5
|
|
Male local
|
21.4
|
21.4
|
|
Male open
|
42.5
|
44.2
|
|
Male open young offender
|
45.3
|
47.0
|
|
Semi open
|
43.9
|
45.6
|
|
Cluster
|
25.6
|
24.7
|
|
National Total
|
24.7
|
24.9
|
Note: In the above table prisons are categorised according to their predominant function, though some establishments will have more than one function.
