§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many women prison officers are employed at Belmarsh prison; and what rank they hold.
§ Mrs. RumboldFifty seven, of whom one is a principal officer and three are senior officers.
§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the present prison officer staffing at Belmarsh prison as of 7 November; how many of these officers are newly recruited to the prison service; and how many have joined Belmarsh by prison transfer from other prisons.
§ Mrs. RumboldThere are 464 officers in the ranks from prison officer to principal officer employed at Belmarsh, of whom 133 are newly recruited and 327 have transferred from other prisons.