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64826

registered interest
date	30/06/2014
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, what the ratio of prison officers to prisoners was in (a) HM Prison Swansea, (b) HM Prison Lincoln, (c) HM Prison Preston, (d) HM Prison Leicester, (e) HM Prison Exeter, (f) HM Prison Wandsworth, (g) HM Prison Kennet, (h) HM Prison Bedford, (i) HM Prison Cardiff and (j) HM Prison Doncaster in each year between 2010 and 2013.
tabling member constituency	Darlington
tabling member printed	Jenny Chapman
uin	203159
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for Tooting on 4 Mar 2014, Official Report, 805W.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 07/07/2014 14:17:24 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	3972 label Biography information for Baroness Chapman of Darlington

64400

registered interest
date	26/06/2014
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, what the ratio of prison officers to inmates in prisons in England and Wales was, by category of prison, in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	202790
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p>Staffing levels are being reviewed prison by prison as part of a ‘benchmarking approach’. Benchmarking has been agreed with the unions and the NAO has commented that the wider strategy for the prison estate is the most coherent and comprehensive for many years. It delivers efficiencies while ensuring that public sector prisons operate safely, decently and securely. Benchmarking optimises the skills of staff by introducing new ways of working and puts all prison officers in prisoner facing roles.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested has been placed in the library and extends the table provided to the honourable member for Tooting on 4 Mar 2014, Official Report, 805W. The tables include both public and private sector establishments. Figures are not however comparable across public and private sector establishments. There is no comparison within Private Sector Prisons for Prison Officer Specialists. Functions carried out by badged officers vary, particularly across private prisons, relating to whether functions are civilianised, contracted out, or performed by badged officers.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 202791 question first answered 15/10/2014 15:03:55 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

64401

registered interest
date	26/06/2014
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, what the ratio of prison officers to inmates in prison in England and Wales was, by prison establishment, in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	202791
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p>Staffing levels are being reviewed prison by prison as part of a ‘benchmarking approach’. Benchmarking has been agreed with the unions and the NAO has commented that the wider strategy for the prison estate is the most coherent and comprehensive for many years. It delivers efficiencies while ensuring that public sector prisons operate safely, decently and securely. Benchmarking optimises the skills of staff by introducing new ways of working and puts all prison officers in prisoner facing roles.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested has been placed in the library and extends the table provided to the honourable member for Tooting on 4 Mar 2014, Official Report, 805W. The tables include both public and private sector establishments. Figures are not however comparable across public and private sector establishments. There is no comparison within Private Sector Prisons for Prison Officer Specialists. Functions carried out by badged officers vary, particularly across private prisons, relating to whether functions are civilianised, contracted out, or performed by badged officers.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 202790 question first answered 15/10/2014 15:03:55 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

63350

registered interest
date	23/06/2014
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 staff at (a) prison officer grades and (b) operational support grades were employed at HM Prison Service on 31 March in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	201827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of prison officers and operational support grade staff that were employed by National Offender Management Services (NOMS) as at 31 March, 2004 – 2009 can be found in the table below</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table: Number of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) Prison Officer Grades and Operational Support Grades in NOMS as at 31 March, 2004 - 2009</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Grade</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2004</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2005</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2006</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2007</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2008</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Operational Support Grades</p></td><td><p>7510</p></td><td><p>7280</p></td><td><p>7400</p></td><td><p>7550</p></td><td><p>8020</p></td><td><p>7920</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Prison Officer</p></td><td><p>18880</p></td><td><p>18950</p></td><td><p>19210</p></td><td><p>19360</p></td><td><p>19670</p></td><td><p>20210</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Senior Officer</p></td><td><p>3750</p></td><td><p>3840</p></td><td><p>3870</p></td><td><p>3870</p></td><td><p>3980</p></td><td><p>4090</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Principal Officer</p></td><td><p>1320</p></td><td><p>1300</p></td><td><p>1260</p></td><td><p>1280</p></td><td><p>1300</p></td><td><p>1320</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grand Total</p></td><td><p>31460</p></td><td><p>31370</p></td><td><p>31730</p></td><td><p>32070</p></td><td><p>32960</p></td><td><p>33540</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>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> </p><p>The number of prison officers and operational support grade staff that have been employed by National Offender Management Services (NOMS) as at 31 March, 2010 – 2014 can be found in table 3 of the Quarterly NOMS Workforce Statistics Bulletin, which can be found at the following website:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-offender-management-service-workforce-statistics-march-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-offender-management-service-workforce-statistics-march-2014</a></p><p> </p><p>The number of prison officers and operational support grade staff that were employed in contracted establishments for the last 10 years is not available via NOMS central databases. Individual contractors are responsible for gathering, monitoring and analysing their own data regarding their staff. However a request has been made to private contractors for the latest data and I will write to you again when I receive this information.</p><p> </p><p>Benchmarking is the best means of delivering value for money for the public purse (on track to deliver £84 million by the end of 2013/2014, savings of £175 million by 2015/2016). It optimises the skills of staff by introducing new ways of working and puts all prison officers in prisoner-facing roles. It has been agreed with the Unions, and the NAO has commented that the wider strategy is the most coherent and comprehensive for many years. It delivers efficiencies whilst ensuring that public sector prisons can operate safely, decently and securely.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 16/09/2014 14:55:55 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

62366

registered interest
date	17/06/2014
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, what the per capita spending on prison officers was in England and Wales in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Esher and Walton
tabling member printed	Mr Dominic Raab
uin	201042
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Information on the average total salary cost, including national insurance and pension contributions, of a prison officer as at 31 March each year since 2010 is contained in the table below.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Mean Annual Pay Cost of Prison Officers, Including Employer National Insurance and Pension Contributions – as at 31 March, 2010 to 2014</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p><p><strong>- At 31st March </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Mean Annual Pay Cost (Nominal)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>32,747</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>34,024</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>34,951</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>35,608</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>36,157</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The pay costs shown are for Band 3 Prison Officers and their equivalents and include basic salary and local pay allowance where applicable.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 25/06/2014 09:13:18 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab

60498

registered interest
date	06/06/2014
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 much was spent on accommodation and subsistence for prison officers providing detached duty in prisons in (a) January, (b) February, (c) March and (d) April 2014.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	199502
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <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 (January to March 2013), less than 1% of staff 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 staff, broken down by grade, that were received as part of the nationally co-ordinated detached duty scheme , are shown in the tables below for January to March 2014.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table: Average weekly provision of staff on detached duty to prisons in England &amp; Wales, broken down by grade, January - March 2014</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Grade</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>January 2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>February 2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>March 2014</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band 3</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band 4</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>210</p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr></tbody></table><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. Values of 5 or fewer are denoted as ~.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table: List of prisons receiving staff on detached duty by average weekly full-time equivalent provision and grade, January - March 2014</strong></p><table><thead><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>January 2014</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>February 2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>March 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 4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Band 3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Band 4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Band 3</strong></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><p>5 or fewer</p></td><td><p>Aylesbury</p></td><td><p>Brixton</p></td><td><p>Aylesbury</p></td><td><p>Brixton</p></td><td><p>Aylesbury</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Bedford</p></td><td><p>Coldingley</p></td><td><p>Bedford</p></td><td><p>Coldingley</p></td><td><p>Brinsford</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Belmarsh</p></td><td><p>Guys Marsh</p></td><td><p>Brinsford</p></td><td><p>Guys Marsh</p></td><td><p>Bullingdon</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Brinsford</p></td><td><p>Wormwood Scrubs</p></td><td><p>Brixton</p></td><td><p>Wormwood Scrubs</p></td><td><p>Cookham Wood</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Bristol</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Bullingdon</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Gartree</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Brixton</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Cookham Wood</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Glen Parva</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Bullingdon</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Durham</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Guys Marsh</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Coldingley</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Gartree</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Haverigg</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Cookham Wood</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Guys Marsh</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>High Down</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Durham</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Haverigg</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Hindley</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Erlestoke</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>High Down</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Isis</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Gartree</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Hindley</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Isle of Wight</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Haverigg</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Holloway</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Leicester</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Hindley</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Humber</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Lindholme and Moorland</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Holloway</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Isis</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Onley</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Humber</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Leicester</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Pentonville</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Isle of Wight</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Onley</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Sheppey Cluster</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Leicester</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Send</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Stocken</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Manchester</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Stocken</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>The Mount</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Nottingham</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>The Mount</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Wayland</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Onley</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Wayland</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Werrington</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Send</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Werrington</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Winchester</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Sheppey Cluster</p></td><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>Stocken</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Wormwood Scrubs</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Wandsworth</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Werrington</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </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><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Woodhill</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>Glen Parva</p></td><td><p>High Down</p></td><td><p>Belmarsh</p></td><td><p>High Down</p></td><td><p>Belmarsh</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Guys Marsh</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Glen Parva</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Feltham</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>High Down</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Isle of Wight</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Littlehey</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Isis</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Lindholme and Moorland</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Manchester</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Lindholme and Moorland</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Littlehey</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Nottingham</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Littlehey</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Manchester</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Portland</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Norwich</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Pentonville</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Rochester</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Pentonville</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Portland</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Woodhill</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Rochester</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Rochester</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>Sheppey Cluster</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>Woodhill</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><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>Feltham</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Feltham</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Various London Prisons</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Portland</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </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><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright grouped question UIN 199480 199481 199482 199483 question first answered 12/06/2014 15:27:49 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan