Wandsworth Prison
(asked on 21st December 2017) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) operational prison staff at each of bands (a) 3, (b) 4, and (c) 5, are employed at Her Majesty's Prison Wandsworth, (2) operational staff on detached duty from other establishments, and (3) vacancies for such posts, there were for each of the last two years for which figures are available.
The number of band 3-5 operational prison staff at HMP Wandsworth are provided in the table below:
Table 1: Number of full-time equivalent (FTE) bands 3 to 5 prison officers working at HMP Wandsworth, as at 30 September 2016 and as at 30 September 2017
Grade | FTE as at 30 September 2016 | FTE as at 30 September 2017 |
Band 3-4 / Prison Officer (incl. specialists) | 212 | 240 |
Band 4 / Supervising Officer | 31 | 29 |
Band 5 / Custodial Managers | 18 | 17 |
These figures for 30 September 2016 and 30 September 2017 can also be found in the in:
- Table 12 of the NOMS workforce statistics bulletin at the following link:
- Table 12 of the HMPPS workforce statistics bulletin at the following link:
There were approximately 13 operational staff on detached duty in HMP Wandsworth as at 30 September 2016 and none as at 30 September 2017. This data is collated and held internally by the National Detached Duty team which oversees national Detached Duty arrangements.
Staff shortfalls (ie. vacancies) previously presented in NOMS/HMPPS workforce statistics have been based on the difference between staff benchmarks and staff in post figures. However, staff benchmarks previously in place are no longer in use and are being replaced by new target staffing levels under the new Offender Management in custody model. At present, the target staffing levels are not sufficiently developed and work is ongoing in order to further develop these. The last set of published benchmark levels and staff shortfalls, as at 31 March 2017, showed that there was a shortfall of 26 full time equivalent band 3-5 prison officers. This information can also be found in table 14 at the following link: