§ Mr. Peter Bruinvelsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the minimum recommended number of officers working in each of Her Majesty's prisons; what was the actual number on duty on the latest date for which figures are available; how these figures compare with the authorised establishment at each prison; what is the number of prisoners in each prison and how this figure compares with the recommended maximum; what is the recommended ratio of prison officers to prisoners at each prison and what is the actual figure; and if he will give these figures for each of the last three years, where appropriate.
§ Mr. Mellor[pursuant to his reply, 24 November 1986, c. 45]: Minimum recommended staffing levels are not set for prison establishments in England and Wales. The actual number of officers on duty at any one time varies according to such factors as the time of day, the day of the week, leave and training. This information is not held centrally. The number of prison officer class staff in post at each establishment on 31 October 1986 according to centrally held records is listed in column (a) of the table together with comparable figures for 31 December 1985 (b) 31 December 1984 (c) and 31 December 1983 (d). The authorised staffing level as at 1 November 1986 is set out in column (e); figures for past years are not available. There is no agreed recommended maximum number of inmates per prison; information recording the average and the highest population in each establishment is provided in the annual reports on the work of the prison department, which are available in the Library. The concept of a recommended officer to inmate ratio does not exist at present; actual ratios showing the number of inmates per member of the prison officer class for 31 December 1985, 31 December 1984 and 31 December 1983, are set out in the table at columns (f), (g) and (h) respectively.
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Establishment (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h) Channings Wood 147 149 139 150 153 2.85 2.60 2.65 Chelmsford 162 159 164 170 179 2.18 2.11 2.29 Coldingley 153 151 157 145 188 1.91 1.90 2.01 Cookham Wood 56 56 51 55 64 2.14 2.16 2.11 Dartmoor 253 235 225 216 239 3.15 2.27 2.50 Deerbolt 151 145 106 113 168½ 1.81 2.53 2.46 Dorchester 94 90 98 91 106 1.81 1.96 1.93 Dover 109 104 95 108 113½ 2.11 2.41 1.85 Drake Hall 77 75 75 72 78 2.95 2.80 2.46 Durham 404 384 364 371 401 2.52 2.65 2.52 East Sutton Park 29 28 23 24 27 2.50 2.22 2.04 Eastwood Park 53 51 53 50 55½ 1.61 1.21 1.64 Erlestoke 95 97 91 92 107½ 1.80 2.22 1.36 Everthorpe 111 115 113 104 115 3.13 3.03 3.36 Exeter 209 206 221 224 226 2.01 1.89 1.89 Featherstone 138 138 138 132 164 3.71 3.62 3.68 Feltham/Finnamore Wood 174 176 185 178 194½ 1.66 1.57 1.77 Ford 96 97 102 98 103 5.07 4.26 5.39 Fosten Hall 36 38 39 37 39½ 1.05 0.85 1.08 Frankland 381 364 349 333 337 1.19 0.89 0.93 Gartree 247 262 273 253 312 1.18 1.11 1.10 Glen Parva 261 246 253 240 295½ 2.63 2.49 2.31 Gloucester 128 132 131 135 145 2.05 1.69 2.07 Grendon/Springhill 153 149 159 154 187 1.62 1.52 1.69 Guys Marsh 78 78 74 68 86½ 1.88 2.61 1.87 Haslar 46 44 46 45 46 1.64 1.35 1.29 Hatfield/Gringley 97 98 97 86 100 1.86 2.22 2.24 Haverigg 99 103 104 102 127 4.86 4.89 5.01 Hewell Grange 55 54 55 50 62 2.70 2.27 2.42 Highpoint 196 200 178 148 241 3.06 2.98 3.57 Hindley 119 112 114 110 132½ 2.59 2.82 2.73 Hollesley Bay 204 207 221 221 247 2.07 1.93 1.88 Holloway 336 345 384 292 370 0.88 0.81 1.05 Hull 250 250 249 246 290 0.99 1.17 1.20 Huntercombe 68 58 59 61 78½ 3.14 2.90 3.07 Kingston 63 62 62 58 68 2.21 2.24 Kirkham 80 79 80 77 86 6.08 6.21 7.45 Kirklevington 47 45 49 49 51 1.38 1.69 2.20 Lancaster 94 95 95 90 99 2.40 2.29 2.53 Latchmere House 76 79 80 76 86 1.73 1.60 2.01 Leeds 396 387 373 352 509 3.16 3.07 3.23 Leicester 221 215 232 218 256 1.56 1.52 1.70 Lewes 194 191 203 196 227 2.76 2.42 2.40 Leyhill 66 63 65 61 79 4.97 4.80 5.18 Lincoln 227 224 224 223 259 2.71 2.39 2.24 Lindholm 206 — — — 235 — — — Liverpool 414 418 404 394 480 2.93 3.06 2.88 Long Lartin 312 312 314 319 364 1.28 1.25 1.21 Lowdham Grange 79 82 86 84 92½ 2.89 2.92 2.80 Low Newton 119 116 123 116 127 2.09 2.33 2.01 Maidstone 193 186 184 197 225 2.81 2.76 2.56 Manchester 526 536 513 457 616 2.89 2.32 3.01 Medomsley 44 44 45 41 50 1.23 1.38 1.56 Morton Hall 35 27 — — 44 3.59 — — New Hall 39 41 43 42 45 1.37 1.77 1.14 Northallerton 85 87 82 81 95 2.39 2.61 2.60 Northeye 89 89 98 94 116 4.91 4.16 4.55 Noth Sea Camp 64 60 63 62 71 1.62 2.02 1.42 Norwich 237 231 242 236 252 2.58 2.46 2.25 Nottingham 138 136 136 133 139 2.16 2.05 2.23 Onley 145 146 155 153 168½ 2.84 2.54 2.55 Oxford 106 104 103 106 115½ 2.08 2.22 2.19 Parkhurst 297 295 306 305 364 0.75 0.83 0.89 Pentonville 306 328 335 320 352 2.90 2.67 3.05 Portland 170 168 166 164 184 2.91 2.69 2.71 Preston 146 137 132 146 145 4.17 4.21 3.95 Pucklechurch 113 110 115 110 118 1.32 1.36 1.38 Ranby 117 114 120 122 128 3.11 3.03 2.76 Reading 144 136 108 144 160 2.20 2.80 1.93 Risley 530 516 463 443 514 1.82 1.97 1.95 Rochester 126 125 134 144 143 2.53 2.60 2.30 Rudgate 55 57 60 60 68 5.91 4.45 5.17 Send 42 44 46 44 49½ 1.16 0.96 1.55 Shepton Mallet 82 79 83 84 83½ 3.10 2.67 3.11 Shrewsbury 101 94 93 103 114½ 1.88 2.22 1.73 Stafford 218 203 210 213 245 3.21 2.78 3.17 Standford Hill 95 104 106 114 132 3.13 4.38 4.22
Establishment (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h) Stocken 114 107 — — 127 2.68 — — Stoke Heath 140 139 138 132 149½ 2.83 3.07 3.14 Styal 154 141 149 132 145 1.85 1.68 1.98 Sudbury 68 66 65 70 75 5.71 5.18 4.94 Swansea 148 146 160 144 153½ 1.92 1.54 1.89 Swinfen Hall 96 99 103 100 113 1.83 1.64 1.80 Thorn Cross 82 69 — — 94½ 3.22 — — Thorp Arch 84 91 98 97 111 2.69 2.40 2.43 Usk 80 79 85 81 86 1.81 1.85 1.84 The Verne 133 133 132 132 140 3.83 3.83 3.82 Wakefield 445 424 424 406 464 1.75 1.66 1.75 Wandsworth 406 409 412 372 470 3.64 3.48 3.65 Wayland 130 128 — — 157 3.64 — — Wellingborough 135 131 136 121 146 2.71 2.41 2.66 Werrington 50 46 45 43 50 1.93 0.87 1.00 Wetherby 74 75 79 78 75 2.35 2.71 2.38 Whatton 76 73 75 78 86 1.58 1.60 1.71 Winchester 269 259 281 275 298 2.47 2.15 2.27 Wormwood Scrubs 507 500 522 464 534 2.61 2.24 2.20 Wymott 209 213 216 210 230 3.76 3.61 3.84