Open Prisons: Staff

(asked on 4th September 2017) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many members of staff have been employed in each open prison in each year since 2010.


Answered by
Sam Gyimah Portrait
Sam Gyimah
This question was answered on 11th September 2017

The government has committed to recruit a net increase of 2500 prison officers by December 2018. In addition to the recruitment activity to fill these 2500 new posts, there is ongoing recruitment activity to fill current vacancies, and vacancies which arise.

The number of staff employed in each open prison is provided in the table below.

HMPPS full time equivalent staff employed in open prisons, 2010-2017:

Full time equivalent staff in post as at:

31 March 2010

31 March 2011

31 March 2012

31 March 2013

31 March 2014

31 March 2015

31 March 2016

31 March 2017

30 June 2017

Askham Grange

74

61

60

57

59

56

63

65

65

East Sutton Park

58

57

54

53

46

47

52

59

53

Ford

156

153

148

145

130

125

135

139

143

Hatfield

131

133

133

Hollesley Bay

141

128

127

133

127

125

126

127

128

Kirkham

224

237

200

191

189

187

181

180

181

Leyhill

191

197

193

189

168

151

144

147

142

North Sea Camp

133

123

111

122

114

126

124

120

123

Sudbury

190

168

142

143

138

145

144

145

142

Thorn Cross

186

176

166

153

141

142

131

139

138

Grand Total

1,351

1,299

1,201

1,187

1,111

1,104

1,232

1,255

1,248

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