Prison Officers: Private Sector

(asked on 7th December 2018) - View Source
Questioner
Liz Saville Roberts Portrait
Liz Saville Roberts
(Plaid Cymru - Dwyfor Meirionnydd)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many certified prison custody officers were on duty at 9am at each contracted prison on the last date for which Ministry of Justice Controller records are available.

Answered by
Portrait
Rory Stewart
This question was answered on 12th December 2018

HM Prison and Probation workforce statistics are not published for privately managed prisons. The Ministry of Justice does not hold staffing numbers for specific points in time, and it is the responsibility of the Contractor to determine and maintain the number of staff necessary to discharge the requirements of the contract and ensure that staff are sufficiently trained to undertake their duties. The table below displays the most recent figures that the Ministry of Justice has for the number of funded posts for Prison Custody Officers at each privately managed prison and the dates that these relate to.

Altcourse

Ashfield

Birmingham

Bronzefield

Doncaster

Dovegate

Forest Bank

269.17

74.6

302

148

218.5

259

204.5

01/11/18

31/10/18

01/10/18

31/10/18

31/10/18

31/10/18

31/10/18

Lowdham Grange

Northumberland

Oakwood

Parc

Peterborough

Rye Hill

Thameside

230

229.4

284

403

329.76

132.68

192

31/10/18

31/10/18

01/10/18

01/10/18

01/10/18

01/10/18

31/10/18

Prison officer numbers are at their highest in five years, which is vital to ensuring prisons are safe, secure and decent. We have recruited over 4,300 new prison officers across the country in the last 18 months to improve safety and help turn offenders’ lives around. The recruitment drive will continue until we reach required levels across the prison estate, ensuring prisons can fulfil their purpose - protecting the public, reducing reoffending and crucially, rehabilitating offenders.

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