Prison Service: Staff
(asked on 10th November 2017) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total number of full-time equivalent staff at governor and managerial level at pay bands seven to 11 was in the prison estate in each year since 2010.
The number of full-time equivalent managerial staff in post, in Public Sector Prisons, as at 31 March 2010 to 30 June 2017, is as follows:
| Band 6-11 Non operational | Band 7-9 Operational | Bands 10-11 Operational | Governors (Band 9-11) | Total |
31/03/2010 | 1,633 | 889 | 1 | 241 | 2,764 |
31/03/2011 | 1,526 | 916 | 2 | 240 | 2,684 |
31/03/2012 | 1,179 | 802 | 2 | 211 | 2,194 |
31/03/2013 | 854 | 749 | 1 | 224 | 1,828 |
31/03/2014 | 815 | 725 | 0 | 214 | 1,754 |
31/03/2015 | 746 | 669 | 0 | 213 | 1,629 |
31/03/2016 | 594 | 668 | 0 | 207 | 1,469 |
31/03/2017 | 628 | 645 | 0 | 201 | 1,474 |
30/06/2017 | 640 | 628 | 0 | 198 | 1,466 |
Notes:
Bands 6-11 and Governor grades have been presented, as these are the bands which most closely align to pay bands 7 to 11.
Governors include data for Deputy Governors
Managerial staff include both Operational and Non-Operational Staff
The figures cover all staff working in prison establishments.
The current band structure was introduced in April 2012. Data for earlier periods and staff still working under the old structures post 2012 relates to equivalent grades in the previous pay and grading structure.