§ Ms RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answerr of 27 April,Official Report, column 358, regarding prison officers, if he will make a statement about the deployment of those staff not retained within establishments within the contract area.
§ Mr. Peter LloydResponsibility for this matter has been delegated to the director general of the prison service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Derek Lewis to Ms Joan Ruddock, dated July 1993:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question pursuant to his Answer of Tuesday, 27 April, Opal Report, column 358, about the deployment of those prison officers not retained in establishments within the East Midlands and Humberside court escort contract area.
The Prison Service was required to surrender the 78 posts occupied by those staff in order to fund the contract. The staff are therefore being deployed to fill vacancies in establishments as they arise. In the case of Hull, additional posts have since been found to enable a change of role towards that of a community prison. Staff do not therefore need to be deployed away from Hull.