HC Deb 23 January 1958 vol 580 cc198-9W
Mr. Callaghan

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will show, in tabular form for each year from 1952 to 1956 inclusive, how many of the subordinate grades of the prison service applied to take the staff course for promotion to assistant governor; how many passed the qualifying examination; how many were successful before the selection board and took the staff course; and how many were finally appointed as assistant governors.

Mr. R. A. Butler

The information is as follows.

Each course is denoted by the year in which it dispersed; the applications for it may have been made in the previous year.

Course ended Applied Passed written qualifying examination Accepted for course Promoted to Assistant Governor, Class II
1952 18 12 4 3
1953 32 16 6 3
1954 31 16 5 1
1955 42 17 7 3
1955* 88 25 7 3
1956 27 10 5 3
1956* 54 20 5 3
* An additional short staff course was introduced for older officers in 1955.