§ Ms PrimaroloTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the number of whole-time equivalent prison medical officers in each prison.
§ 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 Dawn Primarolo, dated 12 May 1993:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question regarding the number of whole time equivalent prison medical officers in each prison.There are 243 prison medical officers employed in the Prison Service. This figure includes medical officers of all610W
Complaints cases received 1987–1992 Police forces in England and Wales Total cases received 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 Avon and Somerset 412 463 446 561 641 726 Bedfordshire 131 117 111 125 138 183 Cambridgeshire 134 174 227 273 252 212 Cheshire 298 293 315 335 313 355 City of London 36 41 41 45 49 24 Cleveland 339 319 311 252 293 275 Cumbria 263 239 284 298 251 275 Derbyshire 239 258 288 310 296 315 Devon and Cornwall 254 271 294 447 500 488 Dorset 220 216 201 179 170 160 Durham 298 329 238 201 206 166 Dyfed and Powys 149 179 184 137 156 153 Essex 268 294 350 405 426 394 Gloucestershire 182 224 230 252 322 329 Greater Manchester 1,265 1,289 1,398 1,700 1,750 1,820 Gwent 209 226 289 266 268 234 Hampshire 394 350 614 628 586 583 Hertfordshire 171 212 229 239 272 238 Humberside 435 447 420 501 471 463 Kent 359 440 428 392 452 512 Lanccashire 260 281 317 338 447 463 Leicestershire 340 327 345 400 286 306 Lincolnshire 182 134 81 74 65 74 Merseyside 778 839 1,008 1,181 1,101 1,204 Norfolk 229 216 253 299 303 328 Northamptonshire 110 104 136 185 195 192 Northumbria 385 413 441 508 474 470 North Wales 135 112 234 317 280 314 North Yorkshire 131 189 200 218 184 185 Nottinghamshire 283 340 380 387 389 388 South Wales 539 573 596 546 580 625 South Yorkshire 331 349 436 442 380 435 Staffordshire 379 441 476 499 554 478 Suffolk 203 181 229 224 198 251 Surrey 210 210 247 264 232 226 Sussex 193 161 199 285 368 477 Thames Valley 438 399 420 458 398 522 Warwickshire 110 117 171 233 155 105 West Mercia 257 320 371 381 297 321 West Midlands 644 748 944 958 948 1,075 West Yorkshire 932 922 1,058 977 973 944 Wiltshire 162 160 166 193 141 151 Metropolitan 4,864 5,294 5,350 4,371 3,928 4,294 Total 18,149 19,211 20,956 21,284 20,688 21,733 grades and part-time medical officers where appropriate. In some instances two part-time posts will form a full-time equivalent.
A list of all establishments showing the breakdown of prison medical officers in each prison by grade and indicating both full and part-time posts has been laid in the library of the House.