Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December to Question 119247, what categories of information the Government collects on detached duty.

The deployment of staff between prisons on detached duty is a regular and normal part of prison management and resourcing. These are operational decisions made on the basis of a wide range of management information and based on assessments of the current operational need and the availability of eligible staff.