Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of disciplinary cases in which prison officers have been placed under investigation lasting (a) less than one month, (b) between one and three months, (c) between three and six months, (d) between six and twelve months and (e) over twelve months have progressed to (i) misconduct and (ii) gross misconduct proceedings in each of the last three years.
Table 1a: Proportion of Conduct and Discipline cases1, involving Prison Officers2, which progressed to misconduct proceedings, by length of investigation3, 2015/16 to 2017/18
| 2015/16 | 2016/17 | 2017/18 |
Less than one month | 75% | 71% | 74% |
Between one and three months | 53% | 58% | 48% |
Between three and six months | 47% | 60% | 47% |
Between six and 12 months | 50% | 63% | 67% |
Over 12 months | 100% | 100% | 14% |
Table 1b: Proportion of Conduct and Discipline cases1, involving Prison Officers3, which progressed to gross misconduct proceedings, by length of investigation3, 2015/16 to 2017/18
| 2015/16 | 2016/17 | 2017/18 |
Less than one month | 20% | 20% | 24% |
between one and three months | 45% | 40% | 49% |
between three and six months | 43% | 36% | 43% |
between six and 12 months | 17% | 38% | 33% |
over 12 months | 0% | 0% | 86% |
Notes:
1. A case is defined as a unique combination of case and individual member of staff. Where more than one member of staff is involved in a single case these are counted separately in this table. Equally staff involved in more than one case during the year are counted multiple times.
2. Includes Band 3-4 / Prison Officer (incl. specialists), Band 4 / Supervising Officer and Band 5 / Custodial Managers.
3. Staff with no end date in the data, indicating open cases, have been excluded