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<p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A nationally co-ordinated detached duty scheme has been
operating since 21 October 2013. Information on the number of officers serving on
detached duty before the introduction of the national scheme is not available. The
full-time equivalent of officers provided on detached duty from 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 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> </p><p><strong>Full
Time Equivalent of Officers Working on Detached Duty <sup>1</sup></strong></p><p><strong>-
21 October 2013 to 31 December 2013</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Full
Time Equivalent Officers Provided on Detached Duty </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scheme
started in October so no data available for earlier period</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>October
2013 (Data relates to part month from 21 October)</p></td><td><p>46</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-13</p></td><td><p>107</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-13</p></td><td><p>205</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p><sup>1</sup> Detached duty figures are not published but other staffing data
is published up to 31 December 2013 and therefore information is only presented up
until that date.</p>
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