HC Deb 19 May 1992 vol 208 cc91-3W
Mr. Sheerman

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many staff are employed in the Prison Service, broken down by(a) occupation and grade and (b) gender.

Mr. Peter Lloyd

The available information is as follows:

Grade Male Female Total
Grade 2 1 — 1
Grade 3 4 3 7
Grade 4 1 — 1

Grade Male Female Total
Assistant Director 7 — 7
Grade 5 8 3 11
Governor 1 38 — 38
Grade 6 20 2 22
Governor 2 67 7 74
Grade 7 104 16 120
Catering Manager 3 — 3
Governor 3 93 10 103
Governor 4 274 25 299
Governor 5 316 46 362
Governor 5 (works) 62 — 62
Governor 5 (Catering) 10 — 10
Governor 5 (PE) 14 — 14
Governor 5 (Hospital) 17 — 17
Principal Officer 936 40 976
Principal Officer (works) 242 — 242
Principal Officer (Catering) 56 1 57
Principal Officer (PE) 83 2 85
Principal Officer (Hospital) 72 4 76
Principal Officer (Dog Handler) 2 — 2
Principal Officer (Instructor) 10 — 10
Senior Officer 2,219 100 2,319
SO (works) 245 1 246
SO (Catering) 92 3 95
SO (PE) 121 5 126
SO (Hospital) 186 3 189
SO (Dog Handler) 25 — 25
SO (Instructor) 36 — 36
Prison Officer 14,214 1,427 15,641
Prison Officer (works) 624 7 631
Prison Officer (Catering) 431 25 456
Prison Officer (PE) 366 20 386
Prison Officer (Hospital) 706 124 830
Prison Officer (Dog Handler) 390 4 394
Prison Officer (Instructor) 202 5 207
Temporary Officer — 14 14
Senior Executive Officer 62 11 73
Higher Executive Officer (D) — 1 1
Higher Executive Officer 186 117 303
Executive Officer 269 327 596
Administrative Officer 507 1,403 1,910
Administrative Assistant 165 538 703
Administrative Trainee 2 — 2
Principal Medical Officer 7 2 9
Senior Medical Officer 32 5 37
Medical Officer 83 6 89
P/T Medical Officer 99 6 105
Insp. Animals Sp. Insp. 1 — 1
Senior Professional and Technical Officer 109 1 110
Higher P & TO 123 2 125
P& TO 57 8 65
Senior Psychologist 16 25 41
Higher Psychologist 11 17 28
Psychologist — 4 4
Psychological Assistant 16 20 36
Psychological Graduate Trainee 6 21 27
Chaplain General 1 — 1
Principal Roman Catholic Chaplain 1 1 1
Church of England Chaplain 92 2 94
P/T C of E Chaplain 111 16 127
Roman Catholic Chaplain 13 — 13
P/T Roman Catholic Chaplain 1 — 1
Principal Nursing Sister — 5 5
Senior Nursing Sister 2 21 23
Nursing Sister 13 89 102
Nursing Officer — 1 1
Senior Enrolled Nurse 5 25 30
Enrolled Nurse 5 55 60
Sister (Midwife) — 2 2
Nurse (Occupational Health) — 1 1
Nursing Auxiliary 1 9 10
Head Pharmacist 1 1 2
Principal Pharmacist 1 — 1
Senior Pharmacist 3 5 8
Pharmacist 1 — 1
Staff Principal Pharmacist 7 — 7

Grade Male Female Total
Pharmacist Technician 2 11 13
Chief Physiolg Meas. Tech 1 — 1
Farms and Gardens Officer 4 — 4
Farm Manager 75 1 76
Higher Instructional Officer 28 1 29
Instructional Officer 902 132 1,034
Senior Personal Secretary — 9 9
Personal Secretary 2 168 170
Typing Manager — 13 13
Typist — 416 416
Auxiliary Officer 1,070 256 1,326
Night Patrol 877 78 955
Telecom. Tech. Engineer 1 — 1
Higher Tcoms. Tech. Officer 1 — 1
Storeperson 410 16 426
Assistant Storeperson 121 11 132
Support Grades 21 184 205
Librarian — 1 1
Tracer — 1 1
Industrial Staff 2,488 227 2,715
Total 30,309 6,168 36,477