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 2014.

The average number of prison staff deployed on DD each month (4 week average) over the period for which records are held of national detached duty is shown in the table below. The records show there has been a reduction in use of detached duty since 2014.

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.