HC Deb 31 October 1994 vol 248 cc948-9W
Mr. Hoyle

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many formally registered disputes or failures to agree there were between the Prison Officers Association and the Prison Service in each month in the last three years.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

[holding answer 27 October 1994]: Responsibility 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 from Derek Lewis to Mr. Doug Hoyle, dated 31 October 1994: The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about how many formally registered disputes or failures to agree there were between the Prison Officers' Association and the Prison Service in each month in the last three years. The Schedule below shows the number of failures to agree listed by month. Most are not new disputes each month, as they may be in procedure for a number of weeks and will be carried over in the figures from month to month. The 93 currently in procedure relate to 56 establishments: there are no failures to agree at the remaining 78 establishments.

Number
October 1991 79
November 1991 66
December 1991 42
January 1992 37
February 1992 38
March 1992 36
April 1992 45
May 1992 46
June 1992 38
July 1992 41
August 1992 45
September 1992 39
October 1992 24
November 1992 26
December 1992 21
January 1993 17
February 1993 17
March 1993 19
April 1993 17
May 1993 19
June 1993 18
July 1993 27
August 1993 46
September 1993 63
October 1993 59
November 1993 52
December 1993 53
January 1994 64
February 1994 56
March 1994 66
April 1994 73
May 1994 71
June 1994 72
July 1994 88
August 1994 91
September 1994 93
October 1994 93