Prison Officers: Working Hours

(asked on 30th January 2018) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison staff were deployed on detached duty in each month of 2017.


Answered by
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Rory Stewart
This question was answered on 7th February 2018

The average number of prison staff deployed on DD each month (4 week average) over the last 12 months is shown in the table below. 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.

Month

Average number of Officers deployed on DD

Jan-17

126

Feb-17

117

Mar-17

105

Apr-17

127

May-17

95

Jun-17

98

Jul-17

136

Aug-17

176

Sep-17

209

Oct-17

211

Nov-17

189

Dec-17

198

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