§ Mr. HinchliffeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the latest available figures for staff-inmate ratios in dispersal prisons during the time that inmates are unlocked.
§ Mrs. RumboldInmates in dispersal prisons are unlocked from about eight in the morning until eight at night and the ratio of staff to inmates varies throughout this period. On a midweek afternoon when the largest number of regime activities, including work, education and visits are in operation, the number of prison officers to inmates would normally be as follows:
Officers on duty1 Number of inmates at 18 October Ratio Albany 113 377 1:3.3 Frankland 185 398 1:2.2 Full Sutton 175 436 1:2.5 Gartree 122 311 1:2.6 Long Lartin 150 430 1:2.9 Parkhurst 177 234 1:1.3 Wakefield 205 704 1:3.4 1 includes principal and senior officers and specialists. The variations in staffing levels reflect a number of factors including differences in physical design and in the provision of certain particularly staff intensive facilities such as a psychiatric wing or a special secure unit.
§ Mr. HinchliffeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the current cost per inmate per week in each dispersal prison.
§ Mrs. RumboldThe cost per inmate per week in each dispersal prison in 1989–90, the latest figures available, are:
Establishment £ Albany 532 Frankland 600 Full Sutton 600 Gartree 600 Long Lartin 550 Parkhurst 882 Wakefield 390