Asked by: Imran Hussain (Labour - Bradford East)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the education budget was for each prison in 2018-19.
Answered by Lucy Frazer - Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
Prison education allocations under the Offenders’ Learning and Skills Service (OLASS) arrangements in England for each public sector prison for 2018-2019 are provided in the attached table.
Asked by: Imran Hussain (Labour - Bradford East)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total value is of dynamic purchasing system contracts for education entered into by each prison since 1 April 2019.
Answered by Lucy Frazer - Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
Information on the number of Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) contracts entered into since 1st April 2019 and the total value of DPS contracts entered into since 1st April 2019, by prison, is provided in the attached table.
As set out in the Education and Employment Strategy in May last year, significant changes to the delivery arrangements for prison education took full effect from April 2019. From that point, governors took control of their establishment’s education budget, determined the curriculum on offer and how it is structured and organised, and decided who their education providers will be.
Prison governors commission core and bespoke education provision through two new routes: the Prison Education Framework (PEF) and the prison education DPS. The DPS enables governors to commission innovative, specialist or one-off education provision for their establishment.
Asked by: Imran Hussain (Labour - Bradford East)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the annual budget was for library services for each prison in 2018-19.
Answered by Lucy Frazer - Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
Allocations to public sector prisons in England for prison libraries (for the financial year 2018-19) are provided in the attached table.
Asked by: Imran Hussain (Labour - Bradford East)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what was the mean average salary for a Band 3-5 prison officer in each year from 2010.
Answered by Lucy Frazer - Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
The requested figures are available for years going back to 2013 and are presented below.
In 2012 HM Prison Service introduced modernised pay and grading arrangements. A number of staff recruited prior to this continue to be employed on legacy pay and grading arrangements. Two sets of figures are therefore presented. Those for modernised terms are influenced by staff turnover and position within pay range much more so than for legacy terms (for which all staff are now at pay range maximum).
2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
Modernised Terms | ||||||
£19,784 | £26,272 | £24,527 | £24,804 | £25,179 | £24,531 | £24,989 |
Legacy Terms | ||||||
£28,493 | £28,708 | £29,336 | £29,560 | £29,536 | £29,896 | £30,468 |
Figures for legacy arrangements are for a contractual 39 hour working week. Figures for modernised arrangements are for a contractual 37 hour week (although Band 3 Prison Officers can opt to work additional hours).
All figures are based on the national rate of pay and include a premium for required unsocial hours working. There are additional uplifts for the Outer and Inner London Zones (typically £4,250 and £3,100 for legacy arrangements and £2,659 and £4,046 for modernised arrangements).
While not reflected in the figures presented, HMMPS has recently announced for a second year in a row above inflation pay rises of over 2%. These increase are expected to be paid (and backdated to April) in the Autumn. On top of that, we have made further pledges to recruit and retain prison officers and managers, helping to make our prisons safer and reduce reoffending.