§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many members of the Prison Officers Association are at present engaged at Broadmoor special hospital; what is the approved establishment; and what action is being taken to improve recruitment.
§ Mr. CrossmanI have no information about membership of staff associations. 319W The approved nursing establishment is 367 (277 male and 90 female) and the staff in post on 1st March was 333 (254½ male and 78½ female whole-time equivalents). In addition to the normal efforts to recruit locally, we have recently advertised nationally and the resulting applications are being considered. A national recruiting drive is planned to take place later this year.
§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many hours compulsory overtime were being worked by nursing staff at Broadmoor special hospital when the ban on such overtime was introduced.
Mr. GrossmanDuring the four weeks ending 28th February the amount of overtime worked averaged 927 hours a week shared between about 190 male nurses and 100 hours a week shared between about 54 female nurses.