Oral Answers to Questions

Fiona Mactaggart Excerpts

Tuesday 21st May 2013 Commons Chamber

[Chris Grayling]

I pay tribute to my hon. Friend for the work he did as Justice Minister on improving the availability of work in prisons. It is to his credit that we saw an increase of 800,000 in the number of hours worked in our prisons last year. My hon. Friend the Prisons Minister is building on that work and it is my hope and expectation that we will see that increase continue.

[Fiona Mactaggart (Slough) (Lab)]

Will there be resettlement prisons for women?

[Chris Grayling]

There are of course a smaller number of women’s prisons, but it is our intention to have the same geographic links between detention and release for women as well.