Prison Officers
(asked on 9th May 2019) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers have been transferred (a) into and (b) out of each prison in the 10 prisons project since August 2018.
Prison officer transfers are an important part of our approach to flexibly managing the workforce and enabling the sharing of best practice.
Several Band 3-5 prison officers have transferred in and out of the 10 prisons since August 2018. A breakdown of transfers in each of the 10 prisons is provided in the table below.
Table 1 - HMPPS band 3-5 officers1 who transferred 2,3 in each prison in 10 prison project, from 1st August 2018 to 28 February 2019
Prison | Transfer In | Transfer Out |
Hull | 2 | 5 |
Humber | 2 | 2 |
Leeds | 4 | 5 |
Lindholme | 6 | 8 |
Moorland | 3 | 3 |
Wealstun | 4 | 4 |
Nottingham | 5 | 13 |
Ranby | 4 | 6 |
Isis | 2 | 6 |
Wormwood Scrubs | 4 | 13 |
Notes:
1 Includes band 3-4 / Prison Officer (incl specialists), band 4 / Supervising Officer and band 5 / Custodial Managers.
2 Figures only include where the individual was a prison officer both before and after the move ie. ignoring transfers due to promotion or regrading.
In addition, as part of the 10 Prisons Project, we are piloting the new Standards Coaching Team initiative, in which experienced officers from across the estate are being temporarily transferred to the 10 prisons to provide coaching and support to new recruits.