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<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 & 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>
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