Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask Her Majesty's Government which prisons and young offenders institutions have confined prisoners to their cells for more than 22 hours per day on any day in the last three months; and what was the number of days in each instance.

The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. The Government is fully committed to making our prisons safe so that they can provide the maximum time out of cell for meaningful and purposeful activity to give prisoners the training, skills and work experience needed on release.