Prisons: Private Sector

(asked on 3rd July 2018) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost to the public purse has been of the operation of the Ministry of Justice Controllers' departments in each privately-operated prison in each of the last five years.


Answered by
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Rory Stewart
This question was answered on 6th July 2018

Each privately managed prison has a full-time on-site Controller, Deputy Controller and Assistant Controller, all employed by Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS). The Controller is accountable to HMPPS for providing assurance that the contract is delivered in accordance with agreed contractual delivery indicators, and that the prison provides safe, decent and secure services, in line with HMPPS performance standards. All the controllers are supported by a central contract management team.

The attached table shows the length of time each current controller has been in their role at that particular prison, and the length of time that they have been a controller. It was not possible to provide the information to question (ii) within the cost limit. I can confirm that each site there is a Controller (Pay Band 9), Deputy Controller (Pay Band 7) and an Assistant Controller (Pay Band 4).

Private providers continue to play an important role in the prison estate and I can assure you that performance of all providers is closely monitored and we will not hesitate to take action where standards fall short.

Prison

Altcourse

Ashfield

Birmingham

Bronzefield

Doncaster

Dovegate

Forest Bank

Date in current post

May-18

Sep-15

Jun-18

Dec-17

May-18

Apr-16

May-18

Length of time as Controller

1 month on TP

2 years 10 months

1 year on TP, 1 month substantive

7 months

2 years 3 months

2 years 3 months

13 years 10 months

Prison

Lowdham Grange

Northumberland

Oakwood

Parc

Peterborough

Rye Hill

Thameside

Date in current post

Mar-12

May-18

Jul-17

Mar-15

Aug-12

Apr-15

6 Years

Length of time as Controller

Six years 4 months

2 months on TP

1 Year

6 years 6 months

5 Years 11 months

3 years 3 months

6 Years

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