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<p>(1) The information requested for adult prisoners is not held by the Ministry of
Justice, as it would require the detailed daily monitoring of out of cell activity
of each individual prisoner in each prison establishment. We undertake regular monitoring
of regime levels in prisons and formally account for all time spent out of cell engaged
in regime activities.</p><p>There is no current central instruction prescribing the
amount of time prisoners should spend out of their cells, however, there is a clear
commitment to the delivery and performance management of time spent in purposeful
activity. Governors have the flexibility to deliver balanced regimes that maintain
an appropriate level of time out of cell on a range of activities such as education
and employment which meet the needs of the establishment’s population with a heavy
focus on reducing reoffending. This is alongside basic access to time in the open
air and domestic services such showers.</p><p>We do see impact on time spent out of
cell that can result from staffing availability and from operational incidents.</p><p>This
government has committed to prison regime reform in the Prison Strategy White Paper
and will set clearer stands for time spent in prison. A new Purposeful Activity performance
measure has been introduced for the 2022/23 performance period which will drive delivery.
Additional measures are in place for attendance at work, education, interventions
and services. These will over time give more detailed information than that currently
available.</p><p>(2) While we do not collect information on time during which young
people are locked in their rooms, information is held regarding time spent out of
room. In July 2022, the average time out of room offered in Youth Offender Institutions
was 5 hours 50 minutes: of that, an average of 5 hours 15 minutes was taken.</p>
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