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61895

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Agency Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has spent on agency workers to cover clerical staff in each month since January 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	200708
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Since April 2010 we have cut our overall spend on temporary staff by £35.5m. We only use temporary staff to fill business-critical posts and essential frontline services where they can provide a fast, flexible and efficient way to obtain necessary skills that are not currently available in-house. We will continue to examine our use of contractors and look for further reductions.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In responding to each question we have utilised data provided by our contracted supplier of temporary clerical staff and contracted supplier of temporary operational staff. As the data provided has been supplied by two different third parties there is a slight difference in the way that the answer to question 3 and 4 has been presented.</p><p> </p><p>Temporary operational staff relate to Operational Support Grades (OSGs) used within HM Prison Service. We have contracts in place to provide temporary OSGs to fill in gaps in requirements, for building projects or to fill vacancies short term. Temporary OSGs are a very small proportion of our staff complement.</p><p> </p><p>Uniform operational support staff are Operational Support Grades (OSGs).These are uniformed staff who undertake a wide range of duties in prisons, for example operating prison gates, working in security and managing stores areas. They also escort contractors and their vehicles.</p><p> </p><p>1) The following amounts (exclusive of VAT) have been spent on clerical agency staff across -</p><p> </p><p>January 2014 - £2,983,633.14 (5 week period)</p><p>February 2014 - £2,613,023.10 (4 week period)</p><p>March 2014 - £2,591,678.87 (4 week period)</p><p>April 2014 - £2,900,742.70 (5 week period)</p><p>May 2014 - £2,398,053.57 (4 week period)</p><p>June 2014 - £658,700.28 (1 week period)</p><p> </p><p>2) The following amounts (exclusive of VAT) have been spent on uniform operational support staff –</p><p> </p><p>January 2014 - £1,082,247 (5 week period)</p><p>February 2014 - £1,420,329 (4 week period)</p><p>March 2014 - £1,137,834 (4 week period)</p><p>April 2014 - £1,249,908 (4 week period)</p><p>May 2014 - £2,282,468 (5 week period)</p><p> </p><p>The spend for May 2014 also includes the backdated annual pay rise for eligible workers from 1<sup>st</sup> April 2014.</p><p> </p><p>3) The following number of clerical agency staff have been utilised –</p><p> </p><p>January 2014 - 1571 (Average headcount)</p><p>February 2014 - 1634 (Average headcount)</p><p>March 2014 - 1624 (Average headcount)</p><p>April 2014 - 1578 (Average headcount)</p><p>May 2014 - 1644 (Average headcount)</p><p>June 2014 - 1674 (Average headcount)</p><p> </p><p>4) The following number of uniform operational support staff have been utilised –</p><p> </p><p>January 2014 - 697 (Peak worker number)</p><p>February 2014 - 845 (Peak worker number)</p><p>March 2014 - 867 (Peak worker number)</p><p>April 2014 - 853 (Peak worker number)</p><p>May 2014 - 855 (Peak worker number)</p><p>June 2014 - Peak worker number not available yet.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 21/10/2014 16:35:53 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

61896

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Agency Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has spent on agency workers to cover uniformed operational support staff in each month since January 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	200709
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Since April 2010 we have cut our overall spend on temporary staff by £35.5m. We only use temporary staff to fill business-critical posts and essential frontline services where they can provide a fast, flexible and efficient way to obtain necessary skills that are not currently available in-house. We will continue to examine our use of contractors and look for further reductions.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In responding to each question we have utilised data provided by our contracted supplier of temporary clerical staff and contracted supplier of temporary operational staff. As the data provided has been supplied by two different third parties there is a slight difference in the way that the answer to question 3 and 4 has been presented.</p><p> </p><p>Temporary operational staff relate to Operational Support Grades (OSGs) used within HM Prison Service. We have contracts in place to provide temporary OSGs to fill in gaps in requirements, for building projects or to fill vacancies short term. Temporary OSGs are a very small proportion of our staff complement.</p><p> </p><p>Uniform operational support staff are Operational Support Grades (OSGs).These are uniformed staff who undertake a wide range of duties in prisons, for example operating prison gates, working in security and managing stores areas. They also escort contractors and their vehicles.</p><p> </p><p>1) The following amounts (exclusive of VAT) have been spent on clerical agency staff across -</p><p> </p><p>January 2014 - £2,983,633.14 (5 week period)</p><p>February 2014 - £2,613,023.10 (4 week period)</p><p>March 2014 - £2,591,678.87 (4 week period)</p><p>April 2014 - £2,900,742.70 (5 week period)</p><p>May 2014 - £2,398,053.57 (4 week period)</p><p>June 2014 - £658,700.28 (1 week period)</p><p> </p><p>2) The following amounts (exclusive of VAT) have been spent on uniform operational support staff –</p><p> </p><p>January 2014 - £1,082,247 (5 week period)</p><p>February 2014 - £1,420,329 (4 week period)</p><p>March 2014 - £1,137,834 (4 week period)</p><p>April 2014 - £1,249,908 (4 week period)</p><p>May 2014 - £2,282,468 (5 week period)</p><p> </p><p>The spend for May 2014 also includes the backdated annual pay rise for eligible workers from 1<sup>st</sup> April 2014.</p><p> </p><p>3) The following number of clerical agency staff have been utilised –</p><p> </p><p>January 2014 - 1571 (Average headcount)</p><p>February 2014 - 1634 (Average headcount)</p><p>March 2014 - 1624 (Average headcount)</p><p>April 2014 - 1578 (Average headcount)</p><p>May 2014 - 1644 (Average headcount)</p><p>June 2014 - 1674 (Average headcount)</p><p> </p><p>4) The following number of uniform operational support staff have been utilised –</p><p> </p><p>January 2014 - 697 (Peak worker number)</p><p>February 2014 - 845 (Peak worker number)</p><p>March 2014 - 867 (Peak worker number)</p><p>April 2014 - 853 (Peak worker number)</p><p>May 2014 - 855 (Peak worker number)</p><p>June 2014 - Peak worker number not available yet.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 200710 200711 question first answered 21/10/2014 16:31:41 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous previous answer version 2385 answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright answering member 1560
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

61892

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Agency Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many agency workers have been employed as cover for uniform operational support staff in each month since January 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	200711
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>Since April 2010 we have cut our overall spend on temporary staff by £35.5m. We only use temporary staff to fill business-critical posts and essential frontline services where they can provide a fast, flexible and efficient way to obtain necessary skills that are not currently available in-house. We will continue to examine our use of contractors and look for further reductions.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In responding to each question we have utilised data provided by our contracted supplier of temporary clerical staff and contracted supplier of temporary operational staff. As the data provided has been supplied by two different third parties there is a slight difference in the way that the answer to question 3 and 4 has been presented.</p><p> </p><p>Temporary operational staff relate to Operational Support Grades (OSGs) used within HM Prison Service. We have contracts in place to provide temporary OSGs to fill in gaps in requirements, for building projects or to fill vacancies short term. Temporary OSGs are a very small proportion of our staff complement.</p><p> </p><p>Uniform operational support staff are Operational Support Grades (OSGs).These are uniformed staff who undertake a wide range of duties in prisons, for example operating prison gates, working in security and managing stores areas. They also escort contractors and their vehicles.</p><p> </p><p>1) The following amounts (exclusive of VAT) have been spent on clerical agency staff across -</p><p> </p><p>January 2014 - £2,983,633.14 (5 week period)</p><p>February 2014 - £2,613,023.10 (4 week period)</p><p>March 2014 - £2,591,678.87 (4 week period)</p><p>April 2014 - £2,900,742.70 (5 week period)</p><p>May 2014 - £2,398,053.57 (4 week period)</p><p>June 2014 - £658,700.28 (1 week period)</p><p> </p><p>2) The following amounts (exclusive of VAT) have been spent on uniform operational support staff –</p><p> </p><p>January 2014 - £1,082,247 (5 week period)</p><p>February 2014 - £1,420,329 (4 week period)</p><p>March 2014 - £1,137,834 (4 week period)</p><p>April 2014 - £1,249,908 (4 week period)</p><p>May 2014 - £2,282,468 (5 week period)</p><p> </p><p>The spend for May 2014 also includes the backdated annual pay rise for eligible workers from 1<sup>st</sup> April 2014.</p><p> </p><p>3) The following number of clerical agency staff have been utilised –</p><p> </p><p>January 2014 - 1571 (Average headcount)</p><p>February 2014 - 1634 (Average headcount)</p><p>March 2014 - 1624 (Average headcount)</p><p>April 2014 - 1578 (Average headcount)</p><p>May 2014 - 1644 (Average headcount)</p><p>June 2014 - 1674 (Average headcount)</p><p> </p><p>4) The following number of uniform operational support staff have been utilised –</p><p> </p><p>January 2014 - 697 (Peak worker number)</p><p>February 2014 - 845 (Peak worker number)</p><p>March 2014 - 867 (Peak worker number)</p><p>April 2014 - 853 (Peak worker number)</p><p>May 2014 - 855 (Peak worker number)</p><p>June 2014 - Peak worker number not available yet.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 200709 200710 question first answered 21/10/2014 16:31:42 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous previous answer version 3227 answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright answering member 1560
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

61897

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Agency Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many agency workers have been employed as cover for clerical staff in each month since January 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	200710
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>Since April 2010 we have cut our overall spend on temporary staff by £35.5m. We only use temporary staff to fill business-critical posts and essential frontline services where they can provide a fast, flexible and efficient way to obtain necessary skills that are not currently available in-house. We will continue to examine our use of contractors and look for further reductions.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In responding to each question we have utilised data provided by our contracted supplier of temporary clerical staff and contracted supplier of temporary operational staff. As the data provided has been supplied by two different third parties there is a slight difference in the way that the answer to question 3 and 4 has been presented.</p><p> </p><p>Temporary operational staff relate to Operational Support Grades (OSGs) used within HM Prison Service. We have contracts in place to provide temporary OSGs to fill in gaps in requirements, for building projects or to fill vacancies short term. Temporary OSGs are a very small proportion of our staff complement.</p><p> </p><p>Uniform operational support staff are Operational Support Grades (OSGs).These are uniformed staff who undertake a wide range of duties in prisons, for example operating prison gates, working in security and managing stores areas. They also escort contractors and their vehicles.</p><p> </p><p>1) The following amounts (exclusive of VAT) have been spent on clerical agency staff across -</p><p> </p><p>January 2014 - £2,983,633.14 (5 week period)</p><p>February 2014 - £2,613,023.10 (4 week period)</p><p>March 2014 - £2,591,678.87 (4 week period)</p><p>April 2014 - £2,900,742.70 (5 week period)</p><p>May 2014 - £2,398,053.57 (4 week period)</p><p>June 2014 - £658,700.28 (1 week period)</p><p> </p><p>2) The following amounts (exclusive of VAT) have been spent on uniform operational support staff –</p><p> </p><p>January 2014 - £1,082,247 (5 week period)</p><p>February 2014 - £1,420,329 (4 week period)</p><p>March 2014 - £1,137,834 (4 week period)</p><p>April 2014 - £1,249,908 (4 week period)</p><p>May 2014 - £2,282,468 (5 week period)</p><p> </p><p>The spend for May 2014 also includes the backdated annual pay rise for eligible workers from 1<sup>st</sup> April 2014.</p><p> </p><p>3) The following number of clerical agency staff have been utilised –</p><p> </p><p>January 2014 - 1571 (Average headcount)</p><p>February 2014 - 1634 (Average headcount)</p><p>March 2014 - 1624 (Average headcount)</p><p>April 2014 - 1578 (Average headcount)</p><p>May 2014 - 1644 (Average headcount)</p><p>June 2014 - 1674 (Average headcount)</p><p> </p><p>4) The following number of uniform operational support staff have been utilised –</p><p> </p><p>January 2014 - 697 (Peak worker number)</p><p>February 2014 - 845 (Peak worker number)</p><p>March 2014 - 867 (Peak worker number)</p><p>April 2014 - 853 (Peak worker number)</p><p>May 2014 - 855 (Peak worker number)</p><p>June 2014 - Peak worker number not available yet.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 200709 200711 question first answered 21/10/2014 16:31:42 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous previous answer version 3224 answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright answering member 1560
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

142293

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Probation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department provided to which Community Rehabilitation Companies to support the development of mutual bids for Transforming Rehabilitation.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	213800
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Cabinet Office procured support for probation trust staff to develop mutual bids in the Transforming Rehabilitation competition.</p><p> </p><p>A full breakdown of all Cabinet Office Mutuals Support Programme contract awards, including to probation trust staff, can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/suppliers-information-and-contract-opportunities" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/suppliers-information-and-contract-opportunities</a></p><p> </p><p>The total value of the support contracts was £1,127,238. This included both bid support and, where applicable, mobilisation support to those that were named as Preferred Bidders. Bid support included commercial and legal advice, consultancy services and technical advice. Support committed during the bidding stage totalled £971,764.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 11/11/2014 17:36:59 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

101195

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison staff from which prisons were dismissed for conducting inappropriate relationships with prisoners in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012 and (d) 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	211989
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The definition of an inappropriate relationship is any relationship with prisoners, ex prisoners, partners, immediate family or close associates involved in criminal activities if not formally declared to the Governor or Head of NOMS unit as a potential ‘Conflict of Interest’. The information setting out how many prison staff were dismissed from each establishment solely for having an inappropriate relationship with a Prisoner(s)* is set out in the tables below:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Prison </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Dismissals</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMYOI Aylesbury</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP&amp;YOI Brinsford</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMYOI Feltham</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Highpoint</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Leicester</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Maidstone</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Send</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Wandsworth</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMPYOI Warren Hill</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Wormwood Scrubs</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>TOTAL</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p /> <p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Prison </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Dismissals</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Acklington</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Coldingley</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Dorchester</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Downview</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Full Sutton</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Garth</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP&amp; YOI Isis</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Lindholme</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Morton Hall</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Pentonville</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Preston</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMYOI Rochester</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>TOTAL</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Prison </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Dismissals</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Blantyre House</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Brixton</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Durham</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Hewell</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Holloway</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Lincoln</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Send</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Wellingborough</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMYOI Wetherby</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>TOTAL</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Prison </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Dismissals</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Downview</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Erlestoke</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Frankland</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP High Down</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Holloway</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Hull</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Liverpool</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Long Lartin</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP New Hall</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Northumberland</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMYOI Portland</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Preston</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Wandsworth</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMPYOI Warren Hill</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Whatton</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>TOTAL</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>15</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>*The information provided has been drawn from live administrative data systems which may be amended at any time. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 06/11/2014 18:07:37 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

92039

	registered interest
	date	26/09/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Officers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2014 to Question 199480, on what occasions prisons have used detached duty staff from other establishments since 1 April 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	209423
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2014 answer text <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 six month period (January to June 2014), less than 1% of Band 3 officers were provided on detached duty. A large proportion of the capacity is typically available from prisons that are 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> </p><p>The number of staff available for detached duty at any one time is a matter for operational judgement and takes account of overall staff numbers, levels of sickness, prisoner numbers and the regime and security requirements.</p><p> </p><p>The average weekly provision of band 3 prison officers, that were received as part of the nationally co-ordinated detached duty scheme, are shown in the tables below for April to June 2014. For information on the three months January to March I refer the Hon. Member to the reply given to him on 12 June 2014, Official Report, columns 316W to 318W. The nationally co-ordinated scheme relates to Band 3 Prison Officers only. Detached duty arrangements for more senior staff are managed locally and are not included in the information presented, as they are not recorded centrally.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table: Average weekly provision of Band 3 Prison Officers on detached duty to prisons in England &amp; Wales, April - June 2014</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Grade</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Apr-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>May-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Jun-14</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band 3</p></td><td><p>210</p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>170</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>210</p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>170</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>We have maintained our policy of rounding figures to the nearest 10 in line with the department’s policy for presenting staffing data. The data is only accurate to this level because late updating of data within HR systems means that the unrounded figures recorded for a specific date have a margin of error around them. Totals are formed from unrounded parts prior to rounding. For this reason, rounded totals may not equal the sum of their rounded parts.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table: List of prisons receiving staff on detached duty by average weekly full-time equivalent provision and grade, April - June 2014</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>April 2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>May 2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>June 2014</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Staffing provision</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Band 3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Band 3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Band 3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5 or fewer</p></td><td><p>Bedford</p></td><td><p>Bedford</p></td><td><p>Bullingdon</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Belmarsh</p></td><td><p>Brinsford</p></td><td><p>Cookham Wood</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Brinsford</p></td><td><p>Brixton</p></td><td><p>Elmley</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Brixton</p></td><td><p>Cookham Wood</p></td><td><p>Garth</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Cookham Wood</p></td><td><p>Everthorpe</p></td><td><p>Glen Parva</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Everthorpe</p></td><td><p>Featherstone</p></td><td><p>Hewell Grange</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Featherstone</p></td><td><p>Garth</p></td><td><p>Hindley</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Garth</p></td><td><p>Glen Parva</p></td><td><p>Lindholme</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Glen Parva</p></td><td><p>Guys Marsh</p></td><td><p>Onley</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Guys Marsh</p></td><td><p>Haverigg</p></td><td><p>Project Mercury</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Haverigg</p></td><td><p>High Security Prisons</p></td><td><p>Stoke Heath</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Hewell Grange</p></td><td><p>Holloway</p></td><td><p>Swaleside</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Holloway</p></td><td><p>Isle of Wight</p></td><td><p>Swinfen Hall</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Isis</p></td><td><p>Leicester</p></td><td><p>Wormwood Scrubs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Leicester</p></td><td><p>Lincoln</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Lincoln</p></td><td><p>Lindholme</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Manchester</p></td><td><p>Moorland</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Moorland</p></td><td><p>Onley</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Onley</p></td><td><p>Project Mercury</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Pentonville</p></td><td><p>Stafford</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Portland</p></td><td><p>Standford Hill</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Project Mercury</p></td><td><p>Stoke Heath</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Sheppey Cluster</p></td><td><p>Swaleside</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Stafford</p></td><td><p>Wayland</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Standford Hill</p></td><td><p>Winchester</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Stocken</p></td><td><p>Woodhill</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Swaleside</p></td><td><p>Wormwood Scrubs</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Swinfen Hall</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>The Mount</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Various London Prisons</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Wayland</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Winchester</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Wormwood Scrubs</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>Aylesbury</p></td><td><p>Aylesbury</p></td><td><p>Aylesbury</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Gartree</p></td><td><p>Feltham</p></td><td><p>Brinsford</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>High Security Prisons</p></td><td><p>Gartree</p></td><td><p>Chelmsford</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Hindley</p></td><td><p>Hewell Grange</p></td><td><p>Feltham</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Isle of Wight</p></td><td><p>Hindley</p></td><td><p>Gartree</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Lindholme</p></td><td><p>Isis</p></td><td><p>Isis</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Littlehey</p></td><td><p>Littlehey</p></td><td><p>Nottingham</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Nottingham</p></td><td><p>Nottingham</p></td><td><p>Portland</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Rochester</p></td><td><p>Pentonville</p></td><td><p>Werrington</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Werrington</p></td><td><p>Portland</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Woodhill</p></td><td><p>Rochester</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Swinfen Hall</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Werrington</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>High Down</p></td><td><p>High Down</p></td><td><p>High Down</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Rochester</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>Feltham</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Using centrally held financial records it is not possible, without incurring disproportionate cost, to disaggregate the costs of accommodation and subsistence claimed for detached duty from other expenses claimed by staff.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 209424 209425 209426 209427 question first answered 17/10/2014 09:40:18 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

92035

	registered interest
	date	26/09/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	National Probation Service for England and Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) permanent full-time, (b) temporary full-time and (c) agency staff have been recruited by each National Probation Service Division since 1 June 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	209415
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The number of permanently employed, temporarily employed and staff employed through an agency in the National Probation Service (NPS) working in the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) as at 30 June 2014 (the date of the first published NPS staffing information) can be found in the table below.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table: Number of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) Permanent, Temporary and Agency National Probation Service in NOMS as at 30 June 2014</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Division</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Permanent</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Temporary</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Agency*</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London Probation Service</p></td><td><p>1,190</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>1,230</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Midlands Probation Service</p></td><td><p>1,460</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>1,470</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East Probation Service</p></td><td><p>1,520</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>1,540</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West Probation Service</p></td><td><p>1,210</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>1,220</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East and Eastern Probation Service</p></td><td><p>1,220</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>1,240</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West and South Central Probation Service</p></td><td><p>1,070</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>1,090</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales Probation Service</p></td><td><p>490</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>8,160</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>8,390</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*Information as at 1 June</p><p>Note: Figures are rounded to the nearest 10 in line with the department’s policy for presenting staffing data. Totals are formed from unrounded parts prior to rounding. For this reason, totals may not equal the sum of their rounded parts.</p><p>The symbol ~ represents 5 or fewer.</p><p> </p><p>The National Probation Service is part of NOMS: it has no separate headquarters. NOMS headquarters includes NPS staff based there as well as other NOMS staff who provide central support for the NPS. It therefore follows that there were no staff in post or recruits into the NPS headquarters.</p><p> </p><p>Between the 1 June and 30 June 2014, the date of the latest published figures, the number of permanent or temporary staff recruited to the NPS, including any central functions relating to the NPS was five or fewer. In the same period 20 agency staff began working in the operational functions of the NPS.</p><p> </p><p>The NPS and CRCs were resourced to deliver their core duties at the point of transfer to the new structures and will maintain necessary levels through workforce planning to meet future staffing needs.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 209420 209421 209422 question first answered 20/10/2014 15:54:51 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

106046

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Officers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers who have taken voluntary early departure since 2010 have been re-recruited.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	213133
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Up to 30 June 2014, which was the date of the latest published staffing figures, there had been five or fewer prison officers who had taken voluntary early departure since 2010 and since returned to work for the National Offender Management Service.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 06/11/2014 16:24:45 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

106051

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Drugs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many mandatory drug tests have taken place in prisons in each month since May 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	213140
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>We take a zero tolerance approach to contraband in prison and use a range of robust security measures to find them, including searches and specially trained dogs. Prisoners who are found with contraband face tough punishments including having their privileges removed and getting time added onto their sentence and may be referred to the police for prosecution.</p><p> </p><p>The number of mandatory drug tests that have taken place in prisons in each month since May 2010 is shown in the table below. We are committed to focussing our efforts on preventing drugs from entering custody, an intelligence led approach to using MDT tests most effectively and programmes and support to ensure that prisoners can stay free from drugs in custody. The national positive rate of MDT samples has remained reasonably static since April 2010, with the rate between 7.0% and 7.4%, down from 24.4% in 1996.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p>Mandatory Drug Tests Since May 2010</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Month</p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>January</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>8231</p></td><td><p>8236</p></td><td><p>7820</p></td><td><p>7179</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>February</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>7944</p></td><td><p>7911</p></td><td><p>7295</p></td><td><p>6786</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>March</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>8717</p></td><td><p>8330</p></td><td><p>7596</p></td><td><p>7001</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>April</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>7878</p></td><td><p>7846</p></td><td><p>7495</p></td><td><p>6737</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>May</strong></p></td><td><p>8181</p></td><td><p>8310</p></td><td><p>8263</p></td><td><p>8071</p></td><td><p>6831</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>June</strong></p></td><td><p>8053</p></td><td><p>8136</p></td><td><p>7689</p></td><td><p>7172</p></td><td><p>6572</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>July</strong></p></td><td><p>7833</p></td><td><p>8160</p></td><td><p>7855</p></td><td><p>7191</p></td><td><p>6532</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>August</strong></p></td><td><p>7678</p></td><td><p>8187</p></td><td><p>7851</p></td><td><p>6885</p></td><td><p>6400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>September</strong></p></td><td><p>7809</p></td><td><p>8137</p></td><td><p>7607</p></td><td><p>6885</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>October</strong></p></td><td><p>7784</p></td><td><p>8322</p></td><td><p>8069</p></td><td><p>7000</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>November</strong></p></td><td><p>8079</p></td><td><p>8332</p></td><td><p>7894</p></td><td><p>6670</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>December</strong></p></td><td><p>7812</p></td><td><p>7926</p></td><td><p>7505</p></td><td><p>6624</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>All figures in this answer have been drawn from live administrative data systems which may be amended at any time. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system. The data are not subject to audit.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 06/11/2014 16:24:02 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan