§ Mrs. RocheTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of prison staff on the accelerated promotion scheme are women. [25150]
§ Mr. Michael ForsythResponsibility 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 Mrs. Barbara Roche, dated 22 May 1995:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the number of women on the Prison Service Accelerated Promotion Scheme.There are, at present, 89 members of the Prison Service on the Accelerated Promotion Scheme, 34 of whom are women.