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892187

registered interest
date	26/04/2018
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 that work at prisons rated as Overall performance is of concern were working on detached duty at another prison during January 2018.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	138498
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>The latest available prison performance ratings data cover the period 2016/17 and are available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-annual-performance-ratings-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-annual-performance-ratings-2016-to-2017</a>.</p><p>40 prisons were rated as having overall performance of concern in 2016/17. There were 62 prison officers from these prisons working on Detached Duty at other public-sector prisons during January 2018.</p><p> </p><p>There were 16 prison officers from prisons in special measures working on Detached Duty at other public-sector prisons during January 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Detached Duty is one of the sensible and proportionate measures we take to ensure we run safe and decent regimes in prisons and respond appropriately to any operational issues that arise.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 138499 question first answered 01/05/2018 16:42:35 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

892188

registered interest
date	26/04/2018
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 work at prisons which are in special measures were working on detached duty at another prison during January 2018.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	138499
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>The latest available prison performance ratings data cover the period 2016/17 and are available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-annual-performance-ratings-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-annual-performance-ratings-2016-to-2017</a>.</p><p>40 prisons were rated as having overall performance of concern in 2016/17. There were 62 prison officers from these prisons working on Detached Duty at other public-sector prisons during January 2018.</p><p> </p><p>There were 16 prison officers from prisons in special measures working on Detached Duty at other public-sector prisons during January 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Detached Duty is one of the sensible and proportionate measures we take to ensure we run safe and decent regimes in prisons and respond appropriately to any operational issues that arise.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 138498 question first answered 01/05/2018 16:42:35 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

890411

registered interest
date	24/04/2018
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 target his Department has for the number of full-time equivalent prison officers to be in post in 2018.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	137608
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2018 answer text <p>As part of the Prison Safety and Reform White Paper published in November 2016, the Government committed to an increase of 2,500 Prison Officers by the end of 2018.</p><p>Between the end of October 2016 (the closest data point in time to when the commitment was made) and the end of March 2018, the number of Band 3 to 5 prison officers (headcount) increased from 18,713 to 21,824; a net increase of 3,111.</p><p>It is anticipated that 90 per cent of the new recruits will be on the landings by the summer and all of them will be operational by the end of the year.</p><p> </p><p>This will make a real difference to the safety and security of our prisons, ensuring they can fulfil their purpose – protecting the public, reducing reoffending and, crucially, rehabilitating offenders.</p><p> </p><p>Prison governors are now responsible for setting staffing levels for officers at their establishments as a part of annual workforce planning procedures.</p><p> </p><p>The recruitment drive continues and will continue until we reach required levels across the prison estate, with the same urgency that has secured this remarkable influx of new staff.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 137609 137610 question first answered 27/04/2018 14:01:33 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

890412

registered interest
date	24/04/2018
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 target his Department has for the number of full-time equivalent prison officers to be in post in 2019.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	137609
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2018 answer text <p>As part of the Prison Safety and Reform White Paper published in November 2016, the Government committed to an increase of 2,500 Prison Officers by the end of 2018.</p><p>Between the end of October 2016 (the closest data point in time to when the commitment was made) and the end of March 2018, the number of Band 3 to 5 prison officers (headcount) increased from 18,713 to 21,824; a net increase of 3,111.</p><p>It is anticipated that 90 per cent of the new recruits will be on the landings by the summer and all of them will be operational by the end of the year.</p><p> </p><p>This will make a real difference to the safety and security of our prisons, ensuring they can fulfil their purpose – protecting the public, reducing reoffending and, crucially, rehabilitating offenders.</p><p> </p><p>Prison governors are now responsible for setting staffing levels for officers at their establishments as a part of annual workforce planning procedures.</p><p> </p><p>The recruitment drive continues and will continue until we reach required levels across the prison estate, with the same urgency that has secured this remarkable influx of new staff.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 137608 137610 question first answered 27/04/2018 14:01:33 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

890413

registered interest
date	24/04/2018
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 target his Department has for the number of full-time equivalent prison officers to be in post in 2020.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	137610
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2018 answer text <p>As part of the Prison Safety and Reform White Paper published in November 2016, the Government committed to an increase of 2,500 Prison Officers by the end of 2018.</p><p>Between the end of October 2016 (the closest data point in time to when the commitment was made) and the end of March 2018, the number of Band 3 to 5 prison officers (headcount) increased from 18,713 to 21,824; a net increase of 3,111.</p><p>It is anticipated that 90 per cent of the new recruits will be on the landings by the summer and all of them will be operational by the end of the year.</p><p> </p><p>This will make a real difference to the safety and security of our prisons, ensuring they can fulfil their purpose – protecting the public, reducing reoffending and, crucially, rehabilitating offenders.</p><p> </p><p>Prison governors are now responsible for setting staffing levels for officers at their establishments as a part of annual workforce planning procedures.</p><p> </p><p>The recruitment drive continues and will continue until we reach required levels across the prison estate, with the same urgency that has secured this remarkable influx of new staff.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 137608 137609 question first answered 27/04/2018 14:01:33 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

865134

registered interest
date	16/03/2018
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 standard rate of subsistence paid to prison officers on detached duty per overnight stay is.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	133001
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2018 answer text <p>Prison Officers do a challenging and vital job to help protect the public and we are committed to making sure we have enough staff to deliver safe regimes in our prisons. In 2016 the former Secretary of State announced HMPPS would be recruiting an additional 2,500 prison officers by December 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The standard rate of overnight subsistence paid to Prison Officers is £25 per 24 hour period and there are no plans to change the current subsistence rates.</p><p> </p><p>Detached duty is one of the sensible and proportionate measures we take to cover resourcing pressures and ensure we run safe and decent regimes in prisons as well as being able to respond appropriately to any operational issues that arise. It is not possible, without incurring disproportionate cost, to determine how much money has been spent on subsistence payments to prison officers on detached duty in each year since 2010. The reason for this is that centrally held financial records cannot disaggregate the costs of accommodation and subsistence claimed for detached duty from other expenses claimed by staff, for example when attending training.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 133002 133003 question first answered 21/03/2018 18:00:18 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

865135

registered interest
date	16/03/2018
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, whether he has plans to change the level of subsistence paid to prison officers on detached duty.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	133002
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2018 answer text <p>Prison Officers do a challenging and vital job to help protect the public and we are committed to making sure we have enough staff to deliver safe regimes in our prisons. In 2016 the former Secretary of State announced HMPPS would be recruiting an additional 2,500 prison officers by December 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The standard rate of overnight subsistence paid to Prison Officers is £25 per 24 hour period and there are no plans to change the current subsistence rates.</p><p> </p><p>Detached duty is one of the sensible and proportionate measures we take to cover resourcing pressures and ensure we run safe and decent regimes in prisons as well as being able to respond appropriately to any operational issues that arise. It is not possible, without incurring disproportionate cost, to determine how much money has been spent on subsistence payments to prison officers on detached duty in each year since 2010. The reason for this is that centrally held financial records cannot disaggregate the costs of accommodation and subsistence claimed for detached duty from other expenses claimed by staff, for example when attending training.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 133001 133003 question first answered 21/03/2018 18:00:18 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

865136

registered interest
date	16/03/2018
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 money has been spent on subsistence payments to prison officers on detached duty in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	133003
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2018 answer text <p>Prison Officers do a challenging and vital job to help protect the public and we are committed to making sure we have enough staff to deliver safe regimes in our prisons. In 2016 the former Secretary of State announced HMPPS would be recruiting an additional 2,500 prison officers by December 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The standard rate of overnight subsistence paid to Prison Officers is £25 per 24 hour period and there are no plans to change the current subsistence rates.</p><p> </p><p>Detached duty is one of the sensible and proportionate measures we take to cover resourcing pressures and ensure we run safe and decent regimes in prisons as well as being able to respond appropriately to any operational issues that arise. It is not possible, without incurring disproportionate cost, to determine how much money has been spent on subsistence payments to prison officers on detached duty in each year since 2010. The reason for this is that centrally held financial records cannot disaggregate the costs of accommodation and subsistence claimed for detached duty from other expenses claimed by staff, for example when attending training.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 133001 133002 question first answered 21/03/2018 18:00:18 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

851049

registered interest
date	27/02/2018
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 longest length of time a prison officer spent on detached duty was in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	130238
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 130239 question first answered 05/03/2018 17:12:24 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

851051

registered interest
date	27/02/2018
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 highest number of days of detached duty served by a prison officer was in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	130239
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 130238 question first answered 05/03/2018 17:12:24 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon