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<p> </p><p> </p><p>A nationally co-ordinated detached duty scheme has been operating
since 21 October 2013. Information on which public sector establishments have either
received or provided staff on detached duty since the beginning of the nationally
co-ordinated scheme until the 31 December 2013 is contained in the table below. Some
allocations outside of the national scheme continued after October 2013 but is not
included in the information provided. London region particularly allocated staff within
their own region. Information is collected on the staffing allocated. On occasions
the resource is not actually deployed due to changes in local circumstances.</p><p>
</p><p>The deployment of staff between prisons on detached duty is a regular and normal
part of prison resourcing. It allows staff to be allocated from prisons with the capacity
to provide them, to those where additional staffing is required. On average over the
three month period (October to December 2013), less than 1% of staff were provided
on detached duty. A large proportion of the capacity was available from prisons that
were in the process of closure or going through a re-role. This process temporarily
releases a number of officers who are not supplied for specific occasions but are
sent and received on a shift pattern throughout the week.</p><p><strong><br> </strong></p>
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