HC Deb 10 March 1989 vol 148 c11W
Mr. Butler

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the average cost of training a prison officer.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

The cost of training a prison officer for the initial 11-week training period in 1987–88 was £3,549.

Mr. Butler

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department why the Cubbon formula was not implemented in the Wandsworth prison dispute.

Mr. Hogg

The principles and the spirit of the Cubbon formula were preserved before and during the dispute at Wandsworth prison.