HC Deb 10 December 1979 vol 975 cc500-11W
Mr. Gordon Wilson

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list in the Official Reportthe salary levels paid to each appropriate grade of prison officers in each of the last five years, also showing these in real terms using 1974 levels as base 100 and what these levels will be if the recommendations of the May report are fully implemented.

Mr. Rifkind

The information on prison officers' salaries is set out in the table below. Changes in the purchasing power of earnings depend on the income tax and social security payments of individuals according to their circumstances as well as movements in retail prices of goods and services. In addition, the retail price index includes housing and clothing costs for which prison officers have separate allowances.

Scottish Prison Service-Prison Officers' Annual Salary*—scale maximum.

ders' institution and indicate, where appropriate, any shortfall of recommended complements at each level.

Mr. Rifkind: The information at 1 November 1979 is given in the following table.

STAFF COMPLEMENT AND IN POST FIGURES AT 1 NOVEMBER 1979 FOR PRISON OFFICER GRADES
Prisons
Aberdeen Barlinnie Barlinnie SU Cornton Vale
Complement In post +/- Complement In post +/- Complement In post +/- Complement In post +/-
Chief Officer I 1 1 1 1
Chief Officer II:
Discipline 1 1 2 2 2 2
Nurse 1 1 1 1
Caterer 1 1
Principal Officer:
Discipline 3 3 31 31 1 1 -1 14 9 -5
Instructor 3 3
Nurse 3 3 1 -1
Caterer 1 1
Senior Officer:
Discipline 7 7 30 26 -4 1 1 20 14 -6
Instructor 1 1 6 4 -2 1 1
Nurse 1 1 4 4 1 1 1 1
Caterer 1 1 1 1
Officer:
Discipline 48 45 -3 160 145 -15 10 8 -2 135 122 -13
Instructor† 6 1(3) -2 28 6(15) -7 9 6(1) -2
Nurse 1 1 21 26* +5 2 1 -1 8 2 -6
Caterer 1 1 2 3 +1 3 3
Works‡ 7 2(3) -2 26 14(5) -7 12 4(3) -5
Chief Clerk Officer 1 1 2 2
Principal Clerk Officer 3 3 16 16 2 3 +1
Clerk Officer 1 1 4 4 2 2
Senior Foreman of Works 1 1
Foreman of Works
Engineer Officer I 1 1 1 1 1 1
Engineer Officer II 1 1

Prisons
Dungavel Edinburgn Greenock Inverness
Complement In post +/- Complement In post +/- Complement In post +/- Complement In post +/-
Chief Officer I 1 1
Chief Officer II:
Discipline 1 1 2 2 1 1
Nurse 1
Caterer
Principal Officer:
Discipline 2 2 19 19 1 1 —1 2 2
Instructor 2 2 4 1 -3
Nurse 1 1 —1
Caterer 1 1
Senior Officer:
Discipline 4 4 24 24 2 1 6 6
Instructor 2 1 -1 2 2 -4
Nurse 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Caterer 1 -1 1 1
Officer:
Discipline 22 19 -3 125 125 -4 26 8 -10 52 45 -7
Instructor† 9 4(3) -2 12(11) 12(11) -8 2 1(1)
Nurse 4 11* +7 1 1 1 1
Caterer 1 2 +1 2 2 1 2 2
Works‡ 7 3(2) -2 13 13 -5 4 6 4(3) +1
Chief Clerk Officer 1 1 2 2 +1 1 1
Principal Clerk Officer 1 1 9 9 1 2 2
Clerk Officer 2 1 -1 3 3 1 1 1
Senior Foreman of Works
Foreman of Works 1 1
Engineer Officer I 1 1 1 1 1
Engineer Officer II 2 2

Prisons
Low Moss Penninghame Perth Peterhead
Complement In post +/- Complement In post +/- Complement In post +/- Complement In post +/-
Chief Officer I 1 1 1 1
Chief Officer II:
Discipline 1 1 2 2 2 2
Nurse
Caterer
Principal Officer:
Discipline 4 4 2 2 12 12 15 15
Instructor 1 —1 1 1 —3 3 3 1 1
Nurse 1 1 1 1 1 1
Caterer 1 1 1 1
Senior Officer:
Discipline 8 8 2 2 20 19 -1 16 15 -1
Instructor 2 3 +1 —4 5 4 -1 3 3
Nurse 1 1 1 1 1 1
Caterer 1 1
Officer:
Discipline 56 44 -12 12 12 114 120 +6 120 117 -3
Instructor† 9 6(3) 3 1(2) 19 8(10) -1 13 1(5) -7
Nurse 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 4
Caterer 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
Works‡ 7 2(3) -2 4 3(1) 19 12(4) -3 20 11(2) -7
Chief Clerk Officer 1 1 1 1 1 1
Principal Clerk Officer 3 3 1 1 6 6 3 3
Clerk Officer 1 1 1 1 3 3 2 2
Senior Foreman of Works
Foreman of Works 1 1 1 1
Engineer Officer I 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2
Engineer Officer II

Prisons
Prison Shotts Castle Huntly Borstal Institutions Noranside Polmont
Complement In post +/- Complement In post +/- Complement In post +/- Complement In post +/-
Chief Officer I 1 1
Chief Officer II:
Discipline 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2
Nurse
Caterer
Principal Officer:
Discipline 2 2 3 3 3 3 22 21 -1
Instructor 1 1 2 2
Nurse 1 1
Caterer
Senior Officer:
Discipline 8 6 -2 4 4 4 4 18 18
Instructor 2 2 1 1 1 2 +1
Nurse 1 1
Caterer —1 1 1
Officer:
Discipline 36 36 26 33 +7 26 25 -1 83 83
Instructor† 4 (1) -3 10 5(5) 5 4(2) +1 21 6(13) -2
Nurse 1 1 1 1
Caterer 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
Works‡ 5 3(2) 9 4(4) -1 5 5 19 11(7) -1
Chief Clerk Officer 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Principal Clerk Officer 2 2 1 1 1 1 4 4
Clerk Officer 2 1 -1 1 1 1 1 2 1 -1
Senior Foreman of Works
Foreman of Works 1 1 1 1
Engineer Officer I 1 1 1 1
Engineer Officer II 1 1 3 3

Young Offenders Institutions Y.O. and D.C.. Remand
Dumfries Friarton Glenochil Longriggend
Complement In post +/- Complement In post +/- Complement In post +/- Complement In post +/-
Chief Officer I 1 1
Chief Officer II:
Discipline 1 1 2 3 +1 1 1
Nurse
Caterer
Principal Officer:
Discipline 4 4 2 2 20 20 6 6
Instructor 4 -4
Nurse 1 1
Caterer 1 1
Senior Officer:
Discipline 4 4 2 2 34 35 +1 14 13 -1
Instructor 2 2 1 1 4 5 +1
Nurse 1 1 1 1 1 1
Caterer 1 1 —1 1 1 1 1
Officer:
Discipline 54 55 +1 26 25 -1 166 164 -2 70 54 -16
Instructor† 6 3(3) 3 3 32 6(19) -7 1 1
Nurse 1 1 1 1 4 4 2 2
Caterer 1 1 2 2 4 4 1 1
Works‡ 9 5(4) 5 2 -3 23 9(8) -6 8 3(2) -3
Chief Clerk Officer 1 1 2 2 1 1
Principal Clerk Officer 2 2 1 1 9 9 3 3
Clerk Officer 1 1 1 1 4 4 1 1
Senior Foreman of Works 1 1
Foreman of Works
Engineer Officer I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Engineer Officer II 1 1
* Barlinnie and Edinburgh nurse officers—Figure includes seven officers at each establishment on nurse officer training course.
† Figure in brackets denotes post filled by civilian instructors.
‡ Figure in brackets denotes post filled by civilian industrial workmen.

Mr. Gordon Wilson

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list in the, Official Report the number of responses received from (a) individuals and (b) organisations to the May report on the pay and conditions of prison officers, indicating, where possible, a breakdown into those which endorsed the report and those which rejected it.

Mr. Rifkind

As yet there has been no formal response in Scotland.