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.
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 |