§ Mr. Thomas Coxasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the estimated cost of training a prison officer.
§ Mr. BrittanIf, as I assume, the hon. Member has in mind the eight-week residential phase of a prison officers' initial training, the current estimated cost of this is about £1,100 per officer.
§ Mr. Thomas Coxasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the grades of the 1,322 prison officers who have resigned from the prison service during the last three years.
§ Mr. BrittanThe information is as follows:
Officers 1,276 Senior Officers 23 Principal Officers 13 Chief Officer II 1 Engineers II 4 Engineers I 4 Foreman of Works 1 Total: 1,322