§ Mr. Stephen Rossasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will take steps to reduce the long hours of overtime worked by prison officers.
§ Mr. BrittanThe committee of inquiry into the United Kingdom prison services made a number of recommendations on the use of prison service manpower and 725W the level of overtime working, and these will be followed up as recommended by the committee in full consultation with the staff associations concerned.
§ Mr. Stephen Rossasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the current shortfall in the approved establishment of prison officers in the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. BrittanThe number of prison officers in England and Wales on 1 December was 1,060 below the level approved for the year ending 1 April 1981.