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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) total and (b) average number of hours owed were for (i) principal officers, (ii) senior officers, (iii) prison officers and (iv) operational support grades for each Prison Service establishment on the last Saturday of each of the...

Asked by

John McDonnell (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

15 November 2004

Reference

194821; 426 c1125W;426 c1129W

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what pay and job comparison has been carried out between prison officers employed in the Prison Service and administrative staff of his Department since 1997; and if he will publish the findings. - (Holding answer 13 October 2004).

Asked by

Cheryl Gillan (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

15 November 2004

Reference

426 c1122W;426 c1126W; 190288

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the pay scales are for (a) administrative officers in the Prison Service and (b) prison officers; and what job evaluation exercises have been carried out by the Prison Service in respect of administrative posts in the past five years....

Asked by

Cheryl Gillan (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

12 October 2004

Reference

425 c200W; 189867

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Prison Service plans to appeal against employment tribunal decisions made during the last 12 months in respect of equal pay claims between administrative support and prison officer grades. - The Prison Service lodged an appeal in the case...

Asked by

Andrew Dismore (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

16 September 2004

Reference

424 c1684W;424 c1682W; 188224

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Prison Custody Officer certificates have been issued by his Department for each privately run prison in each month since 1st January 2003. - Inc table and figures.

Asked by

Elfyn Llwyd (Plaid Cymru)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

22 July 2004

For answer on

15 September 2004

Answered on

15 September 2004

Mr. Llwyd: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many Prison Custody Officer certificates have been issued by his Department for each privately run prison in each month since 1 January 2003. [187104] Paul Goggins: The information requested is as follows. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Certificates issued since April 20041 Certificates issued April May June July from January 2003 to March 2004 HMP/YOI Altcourse 31 9 0 8 0 HMYOI Ashfield 123 12 1 1 9 HMP/YOI Doncaster 33 0 0 14 0 HMP Dovegate 132 2 3 3 9 HMP Forest Bank 69 1 0 20 0 HMP Lowdham Grange 66 11 0 11 0 HMP/YOI Parc 47 11 3 0 16 HMP Rye Hill 94 9 0 4 1 HMP Wolds 3 4 1 1 0 Total 598 59 8 62 35 Overall total since January 2003 762 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 The Office for Contracted Prisons took over responsibility for Prison Custody Officer certification on 1 April 2004. Her Majesty's Prison Bronzefield opened on 17 June 2004 and 135 Prison Custody Officers have been certificated.

Date

15 September 2004

Reference

424 c1588W;424 c1586W; 187104

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Prison Custody Officer certificates have been withdrawn by his Department for each privately run prison in each month since 1st January 2003.

Asked by

Elfyn Llwyd (Plaid Cymru)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

15 September 2004

Reference

424 c1588W;424 c1586W; 187103

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Prison Custody Officer certificates have been issued by his Department for staff at HMP Bronzefield. - Inc figures.

Asked by

Elfyn Llwyd (Plaid Cymru)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

15 September 2004

Reference

424 c1587-8W;424 c1585-6W; 187102

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the salary ranges are for prison custody officers at each privately-run prison establishment. - Inc table.

Asked by

Cheryl Gillan (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

13 July 2004

For answer on

1 September 2004

Answered on

1 September 2004

Mrs. Gillan: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the salary ranges are for prison custody officers at each privately run prison establishment. [184693] Paul Goggins: The salary ranges for prison custody officers at each of the privately run prisons in England and Wales are shown in the table (as provided by each of the four contractors): £ _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Establishment Salary range Comment HMP and YOI Ashfield 15,008-16,043 Attracts an additional £1,500 local economy allowance HMP Altcourse 14,758-16,773 -- HMP Bronzefield 14,700-22,400 -- HMP Doncaster 14,500-18,500 -- HMP Dovegate 12,500-17,000 The maximum salary after two years service is £17,000 HMP Forest Bank 14,700-22,400 -- HMP Lowdham Grange 12,000-17,100 Salary after graduation £14,200 HMP Pare 14,608-17,657 -- HMP Rye Hill 14,758-15,893 -- HMP Wolds 15,726-21,576 -- _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Date

1 September 2004

Reference

424 c872W;424 c873W; 184693

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prison officers, in full-time equivalent terms, were employed by the Prison Service on 31st March in each of the last five years; and what the planned number of officers was in each case. - Inc table.

Asked by

Neil Gerrard (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

8 July 2004

For answer on

1 September 2004

Answered on

1 September 2004

Mr. Gerrard: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prison officers, in full- time equivalent terms, were employed by the Prison Service on 31 March in each of the last five years; and what the planned number of officers was in each case. [183952] Paul Goggins: The table shows the number of full- time equivalent officer grade staff employed since 1999 against the best available estimate of planned officer posts. The figures include prison officers, senior officers and principal officers. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. As at 31 March Full-time equivalent officers Operational staffing Forecast planned posts requirement 2004 23,952 24,709 -- 2003 23,332 -- 24,147 2002 22,881 -- 23,666 2001 23,672 -- 23,901 2000 24,020 -- 24,158 1999 23,831 -- 23,876 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. The figures for the planned number of officer posts prior to 2004 are not an accurate reflection of the operational staffing requirement. These figures, based on forecast planned posts, included staff nominally identified for special units within prisons that were used infrequently and were staffed using additional supplementary hours from existing staff; and the staffing requirements for new accommodation that had not yet opened. The Prison Service introduced new arrangements for the collection of workforce data earlier this year to eliminate these anomalies and to reflect more accurately the operational staffing requirement. Before April 2001 the figures were collected as part of a general planning process and were not specifically designed for workforce planning purposes. A contract supplementary hours scheme has been in operation since April 2001, which allows governors to deploy existing staff on pre-arranged, additional hours contracts, to meet any shortfall in actual staffing availability. In April 2004 this scheme contributed the equivalent of 373 full-time officers. As a result, actual staffing availability at April 2004 (full-time equivalent staff in post plus the use of contracted supplementary hours) was (24,325) compared to the operational staffing requirement of (24,709). This represents a gap of 1.6 per cent, which the Director General considers to be an acceptable operating margin. Figures on the use of contract supplementary hours are not available prior to April 2004.

Date

1 September 2004

Reference

183952; 424 c868-9W

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prison custody officer certificates have been withdrawn by his Department from staff at Her Majesty's Prison Bronzefield.

Asked by

Mike Hancock (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

22 July 2004

Reference

183986; 424 c611W;424 c612W

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Defence

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) male and (b) female prison officers are employed in the running of British military and civilian prisons in Iraq; how many have been prison officers employed in prisons in the UK; and if he will make a statement; how...

Asked by

Tom Cox (Labour)

Answering body

Ministry of Defence

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

22 July 2004

Reference

424 c528W; 177244;184119

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prison officers were employed by the Prison Service on a part-time basis on 31st March in each of the last five years. - Inc table.

Asked by

Neil Gerrard (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

8 July 2004

For answer on

22 July 2004

Answered on

22 July 2004

Mr. Gerrard: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prison officers were employed by the Prison Service on a part-time basis on 31 March in each of the last five years. [183953] Paul Goggins: The table contains the number of part-time officers in each year since 1999. The figures include prison officers, senior officers and principal officers. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 31 March Number 2004 662 2003 501 2002 343 2001 211 2000 142 1999 140 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. The figures for 1999 and 2000 are estimates. There has been a significant increase in the number of officers working part-time, which is a reflection of the greater emphasis placed on work-life balance in recent years. An addition, the Prison Service Equal Opportunities policy was issued in 2003 to encourage more staff to work part-time hours. This part of the Service's work- life balance policy, which also includes; job sharing and other flexible working patterns. It is now the case that all posts including those on recruitment must be available on either a part-time or job-share basis, except where critical examination by line management shows the post to be unsuitable for part-time or job-share.

Date

22 July 2004

Reference

183953; 424 c607-8W;424 c608-9W

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners have been required to remain in a hospital overnight with prison officer supervision in each of the last five years. - Inc fact that disproportionate cost.

Asked by

Neil Gerrard (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

22 July 2004

Reference

183956; 424 c608W;424 c609W

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make it his policy to regard assaults on prison officers in the execution of their duties as notifiable offences.

Asked by

Mike Hancock (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

22 July 2004

Reference

183445; 424 c607W;424 c608W

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make it his policy to regard prison officers as constables for the purposes of section 89 of the Police Act 1996.

Asked by

Mike Hancock (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

22 July 2004

Reference

183446; 424 c607W;424 c608W

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average ratio of prisoners to wardens was in (a) privately and (b) publicly run prisons in the last year for which figures are available, broken down by category. - Inc table.

Asked by

Claire Curtis-Thomas (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

7 June 2004

For answer on

18 June 2004

Answered on

18 June 2004

Mrs. Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average ratio of prisoners to wardens was in (a) privately and (b) publicly run prisons in the last year for which figures are available, broken down by category. [177846] Paul Goggins: The information is as follows: Contracted prisons1 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Category Ratio for the number of prisoners to prison custody officers2 Category B 3.97 Category C 3.63 Juvenile 1.61 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Privately operated. 2 Prison custody officers are the equivalent of the public prisons prison officer. Public prisons _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Category Ratio for the number of prisoners to prison officers Category B 2.78 Category C 3.58 Juvenile 1.78 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Date

18 June 2004

Reference

177846; 422 c1170-1W

House

House of Commons

Scotland of Asthal, Baroness

How long is the training given to prison officers in respect of control and restraint procedures for use on adults and children; and how often officers are required to undertake refresher training in such techniques. [HL 2591]. - Inc figures.

Asked by

Baroness Anelay of St Johns (Conservative)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

25 May 2004

Reference

HL 2591; 661 c117-8WA

House

House of Lords

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent consideration he has given to the awarding of a long-service medal to prison officers employed in prisons in England and Wales; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by

Tom Cox (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

17 May 2004

Reference

162647; 421 c784W

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has been made in implementing the recommendations made in internal inquiry reports relating to allegations of prison officer abuse at Wormwood Scrubs; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by

Karen Buck (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

25 March 2004

Reference

419 c1019-20W;419 c1021-2W; 162664

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many minority ethnic prison officers (a) joined and (b) left the Prison Service in each of the last five years; how many minority ethnic prison officers have resigned from the Prison Service within (a) six months, (b) one year...

Asked by

Mark Oaten (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

15 March 2004

For answer on

25 March 2004

Answered on

25 March 2004

Mr. Oaten: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many minority ethnic prison officers (a) joined and (b) left the Prison Service in each of the last five years; [162362] (2) how many minority ethnic prison officers have resigned from the Prison Service within (a) six months, (b) one year and (c) two years of starting their employment in each of the last five years. [162363] Paul Goggins: Information relating to the total number of minority ethnic prison officers who joined and left the Prison Service in each of the last five years is contained in the following table. The figures include existing Prison Service staff who converted to the prison officer grade during the period, and are based on voluntary declarations by staff. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Minority Ethnic Prison Officers Number of recruits and conversions to Prison Number of Prison Officers leaving the Service Officer Number Percentage of total Number Percentage of total 1999 53 5.2 26 3.1 2000 78 7.5 26 2.9 2001 36 7.6 38 2.8 2002 108 6.7 50 4.0 2003 140 5.9 60 4.3 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Information on the number of minority ethnic prison officers who resigned from the Prison Service between 1 August 2000 and 31 December 2003 during their first two years of service is given in the following table. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Minority Ethnic Prison Officers Resigned within six months of Resigned between six and 12 Resigned between one and two appointment months of appointment years of appointment August to December 2000 2 -- -- 2001 -- -- 5 2002 3 1 -- 2003 2 -- 1 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Information relating to length of service for staff who left the Service prior to August 2000 is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

Date

25 March 2004

Reference

419 c1016W;419 c1018W; 162362;162363

House

House of Commons

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