§ Mr. Thomas Coxasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the number of trade assistants employed at each of the prisons in the Greater London area, and the number of vacancies that exist.
§ Mr. CarlisleThe deployment of trade assistants throughout the prison service in England and Wales follows changing operational requirements and there is not a fixed complement for each establishment. It is therefore not possible to enumerate vacancies in terms of particular prisons; but for the service as a whole the number of trade assistants in 197W post on 1st October 1973 was 988 against a complement of 1,001.
The following table shows the number employed in the Greater London area at that date.
Ashford 11 Brixton 14 Holloway 9 Latchmere House 7 Pentonville 17 Wandsworth 13 Wormwood Scrubs 20