To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how long on average elapsed between prisoners' cells being unlocked in the morning and prisoners being returned to their cells in the evening in each month of the last two years.
The figures requested are set out in the following table:
Monthly average time unlocked | |
Hours per prisoner per day | |
2007 | |
April | 10.20 |
May | 10.16 |
June | 10.19 |
July | 10.27 |
August | 10.08 |
September | 10.21 |
October | 10.21 |
November | 10.19 |
December | 10.08 |
2008 | |
January | 10.15 |
February | 10.20 |
March | 10.13 |
April | 9.79 |
May | 9.65 |
June | 9.73 |
July | 9.58 |
August | 9.46 |
September | 9.57 |
October | 9.59 |
November | 9.56 |
December | 9.32 |
2009 | |
January | 9.57 |
February | 9.50 |
March | 9.52 |
Note: The methodology for recording time unlocked for week days was revised for the financial year 2008-09, resulting in a marginal reduction in the reported figures from April 2008 onwards. |
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