§ Lord Aveburyasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many full and part-time chaplains of each denomination were employed by the Prison Service chaplaincy at the end of December 1995, and at what estimated cost for the year 1995–96.
§ Baroness BlatchResponsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter to Lord Avebury from the Director of Services of the Prison Service, Mr. A. J. Butler, dated 12/3/96.
Lady Blatch has asked me, in the absence of the Director General from the office, to reply to your recent Question asking how many full and part-time chaplains of each denomination were employed by the Prison Service chaplaincy at the end of December 1995, and at what estimated cost for the year 1995–96.
The latest available information for 1995 is that, on 7th December, 264 full and part-time chaplains were employed in the Prison Service.
I regret that no information is collected centrally on the denomination of these chaplains nor on their division into full or part-time.
Other than the normal Civil Service pay scales, which are published openly, there is no central record of chaplains' salaries. Staff salaries are included within overall pay budgets and specific information about chaplains could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.