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Mr. Peter Lloyd
[holding answer 18 October 1993]: Responsibility for these matters has been delegated to the director general of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter to Ms Joan Ruddock from Derek Lewis, dated 22 October 1993:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Questions about staffing in the Prison Service.
I attach at Annex A a list of target staffing figures and staff in post at each Prison Service establishment on 31 August. As to the differences, for historical reasons some target staffing figures reflect former complements which were unfunded. On 1 April we devolved to governors the responsibility for recruiting prison officers and, subject to the maximum set by the TSF, deciding the number and mix of staff within their running costs budgets.
It may be helpful if I explain the largest gaps between the target staffing figures and staff in post:
Brixton—The target staffing figure on 31 August had still to be adjusted to reflect a transfer of work to Belmarsh; it has since been reduced by 33 to 737;
Hull—The target staffing figure incorporates new posts created as a result of a change of role at the establishment; these posts are in the process of being filled as required;
Leeds—The target staffing figure incorporates the additional posts for two new wings which had not opened by 31 August; the staff in post numbers were still building up in anticipation of opening;
Risley—The staff in post, but not the target staffing figure, include around 30 staff in a temporary allocation centre.
A breakdown of staff in post at every Prison Service establishment, showing grade, gender and ethnic background could only be produced at disproportionate cost. The readily available information at Annex B shows the number and
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proportion of permanent staff in each grade who are women or members of the ethnic minorities for the Prison Service as a whole.
The figures for staff from the ethnic minorities are based on responses to a voluntary survey of staff ethnic origins and include all who described their own ethnic origin as other than white. Our database of staff ethnic origins now covers approximately 74 per cent. of staff in non-industrial grades. We are taking steps to fill the gaps in that database, and we also hope to extend the database to cover staff in the industrial grades.
| Total staff target staffing figures and staff in post in prison service establishments at 31 August 1993 |
| (Part-time staff treated as 0.5) |
| Establishments |
Target staffing figures |
Staff in post |
| Acklington |
331.5 |
328.5 |
| Albany |
299.0 |
299.5 |
| Aldington |
72.0 |
71.0 |
| Ashwell |
185.5 |
179.5 |
| Askham Grange |
82.5 |
75.5 |
| Aylesbury |
262.5 |
256.0 |
| Bedford |
269.5 |
269.5 |
| Belmarsh |
802.0 |
786.0 |
| Birmingham |
619.5 |
591.0 |
| Blantyre House |
69.0 |
68.0 |
| Blundeston |
256.5 |
249.0 |
| Brinsford |
346.5 |
339.0 |
| Bristol |
413.0 |
406.0 |
| Brixton |
770.0 |
720.5 |
| Brockhill |
107.5 |
106.5 |
| Bullingdon |
411.5 |
415.0 |
| Bullwood Hall |
134.5 |
131.5 |
| Camp Hill |
287.0 |
277.0 |
| Canterbury |
242.0 |
227 0 |
| Cardiff |
326.0 |
327.5 |
| Castington |
183.0 |
185.5 |
| Channings Wood |
262.0 |
258.0 |
| Chelmsford |
300.0 |
299.0 |
| Coldingley |
214.5 |
214.5 |
| Cookham Wood |
97 0 |
94.0 |
| Dartmoor |
386.5 |
389.0 |
| Deerbolt |
247.0 |
243.5 |
| Dorchester |
148.5 |
153.5 |
| Dover |
211.5 |
202.0 |
| Downview |
186.0 |
181.0 |
| Drake Hall |
128.0 |
124.5 |
| Durham |
555.0 |
532.0 |
| East Sutton Park |
56.0 |
55.0 |
| Eastwood Park1 |
— |
29.0 |
| Elmley |
413.0 |
405.5 |
| Erlestoke |
189.5 |
182.0 |
| Everthorpe |
192.5 |
184.5 |
| Exeter |
350.0 |
328.0 |
| Featherstone |
305.5 |
305.0 |
| Feltham |
544.0 |
524.5 |
| Ford |
186.0 |
185.0 |
| Frankland |
521.5 |
520.0 |
| Full Sutton |
675.0 |
666.0 |
| Garth |
342.0 |
342.5 |
| Gartree |
296.0 |
290.5 |
| Glen Parva |
464.5 |
453.5 |
| Gloucester |
203.0 |
215.5 |
| Grendon/Spring Hill |
286.0 |
264.0 |
| Guys Marsh |
202.5 |
190.0 |
| Haslar |
79.0 |
80.0 |
| Hatfield |
136.0 |
135.0 |
| Haverigg |
216.0 |
209.0 |
| Hewell Grange |
103.5 |
98.0 |
| Highdown |
423.5 |
407.5 |
| Highpoint |
358.5 |
358.0 |
| Hindley |
265.5 |
266.5 |
| Hollesley Bay |
353.5 |
326.5 |
| Holloway |
505.0 |
493.0 |
| Holme House |
409.0 |
404.0 |
| Hull |
403.0 |
371.5 |
| Huntercombe/Finnamore Wood |
176.0 |
1860 |
| Kingston |
119.5 |
119.5 |
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| Establishments |
Target staffing figures |
Staff in post |
| Kirkham |
213.5 |
214.0 |
| Kirklevington |
72.0 |
72.0 |
| Lancaster |
141.5 |
139.0 |
| Lancaster Farms |
272.0 |
268.0 |
| Latchmere House |
77.5 |
76.5 |
| Leeds |
733.5 |
685.5 |
| Leicester |
311.5 |
308.0 |
| Lewes |
310.0 |
307.0 |
| Leyhill |
182 5 |
178.5 |
| Lincoln |
387.5 |
386.5 |
| Lindholme |
378.5 |
368.5 |
| Littlehey |
275.0 |
272.5 |
| Liverpool |
788.0 |
773.0 |
| Long Lartin |
495.0 |
494.0 |
| Low Newton |
180.0 |
181.5 |
| Maidstone |
340.5 |
322.0 |
| Manchester |
453.0 |
456.0 |
| Moorland |
395.0 |
394.0 |
| Morton Hall |
78.5 |
76.5 |
| New Hall |
174.5 |
175.5 |
| North Sea Camp |
105.0 |
103.5 |
| Northallerton |
143.0 |
142.0 |
| Norwich |
428.5 |
418.5 |
| Nottingham |
198.0 |
196.0 |
| Onley |
265.5 |
258.5 |
| Parkhurst |
493.5 |
475.5 |
| Pentonville |
527.5 |
512.0 |
| Portland |
282.0 |
266.5 |
| Preston |
387.5 |
376.5 |
| Pucklechurch |
100.5 |
96.0 |
| Ranby |
213.5 |
211.0 |
| Reading |
188.0 |
187.5 |
| Risley |
448.0 |
471.5 |
| Rochester |
269.5 |
266.5 |
| Her Majesty's Prison Service: Breakdown of staff according to grade, gender and ethnic origin (position as at 7 September 1993) |
| Grade |
Total |
Women |
Other than white2 |
|
|
|
per cent |
|
per cent |
| Director General |
1 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Director (Grade 3) |
5 |
2 |
40.00 |
— |
— |
| Grade 4 (including Principal Medical Officers) |
7 |
1 |
14.29 |
— |
— |
| Grade 5 |
13 |
4 |
30.77 |
— |
— |
| Assistant Director |
8 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Grade 6 |
21 |
3 |
14.29 |
— |
— |
| Grade 7 |
131 |
16 |
12.21 |
3 |
2.29 |
| Governor 1 |
37 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Governor 2 |
80 |
7 |
8.75 |
— |
— |
| Governor 3 |
113 |
12 |
10.62 |
— |
— |
| Governor 41 |
304 |
37 |
12.17 |
3 |
0.99 |
| Governor 51 |
483 |
35 |
7.25 |
2 |
0.41 |
| Principal Officer1 |
1,401 |
51 |
3.64 |
7 |
0.50 |
| Senior Officer1 |
3,310 |
144 |
4.35 |
33 |
1.00 |
| Officer1 |
19,173 |
1,796 |
9.37 |
356 |
1.86 |
| Temporary Officer |
8 |
8 |
100.00 |
— |
— |
| Auxiliary Officer |
1,517 |
296 |
19.51 |
29 |
1.91 |
| Night Patrol |
940 |
83 |
8.83 |
29 |
3.09 |
| Chaplains |
250 |
31 |
12.40 |
4 |
1.60 |
| Nursing Grades |
379 |
312 |
82.32 |
30 |
7.92 |
| Psychologist Grades |
158 |
105 |
66.46 |
1 |
0.63 |
| Farm Manager Grades |
80 |
1 |
1.25 |
0 |
0.00 |
| F/T Medical Officer Grades |
122 |
12 |
9.84 |
52 |
42.62 |
| P/T Medical Officer Grades |
116 |
6 |
5.17 |
23 |
19.83 |
| Senior Professional and Technical Officer |
4 |
1 |
25.00 |
1 |
25.00 |
| Higher Professional and Technical Officer |
120 |
2 |
1.67 |
3 |
2.50 |
| Professional and Technical Officer |
69 |
8 |
11.59 |
7 |
10.14 |
| Senior Instruction Officer |
100 |
1 |
1.00 |
— |
— |
| Higher Instruction Officer |
26 |
2 |
7.69 |
— |
— |
| Instructional Officer |
1,028 |
141 |
13.72 |
12 |
1.17 |
| Senior Executive Officer |
84 |
20 |
23.81 |
2 |
2.38 |
| Higher Executive Officer |
290 |
108 |
37.24 |
9 |
3.10 |
| Executive Officer |
615 |
357 |
58.05 |
29 |
4.72 |
| Administrative Officer |
2,014 |
1,497 |
74.33 |
142 |
7.05 |
| Administrative Assistant |
679 |
539 |
79.38 |
64 |
9.43 |
| Storeperson |
581 |
28 |
4.82 |
5 |
0.86 |
| Typing and Secretarial Grades |
623 |
618 |
99.20 |
13 |
2.09 |
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| Establishments |
Target staffing figures |
Staff in post |
| Rudgate |
122.5 |
118.0 |
| Send |
82.5 |
81 5 |
| Shepton Mallet |
148.0 |
145.5 |
| Shrewsbury |
214.0 |
210.5 |
| Stafford |
352.0 |
342.5 |
| Standford Hill |
173.0 |
169.5 |
| Stocken |
222.5 |
218.5 |
| Stoke Heath |
237.0 |
234.0 |
| Styal |
235.0 |
225.5 |
| Sudbury/Foston |
195.5 |
200.0 |
| Swaleside |
336.0 |
344.5 |
| Swansea |
213.5 |
208.5 |
| Swinfen Hall |
164.5 |
159.5 |
| The Mount |
213.0 |
218.0 |
| The Verne |
295.0 |
297.5 |
| Thorn Cross |
137.0 |
136.5 |
| Thorp Arch |
130.0 |
128.0 |
| Usk/Prescoed |
167.0 |
167.5 |
| Wakefield |
637.5 |
630.5 |
| Wandsworth |
737.0 |
696.0 |
| Wayland |
253.5 |
252.0 |
| Wellingborough |
201.5 |
200.0 |
| Wellington |
82.0 |
79.0 |
| Wetherby |
127.0 |
133.5 |
| Whatton |
130.0 |
130.0 |
| Whitemoor |
609.5 |
612.5 |
| Winchester |
396.5 |
394.0 |
| Woodhill |
514.5 |
490.0 |
| Wormwood Scrubs |
720.0 |
696.0 |
| Wymott |
365.0 |
358.0 |
| 1 No target staffing figure given for Eastwood Park which is closed for refurbishment. |
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| Grade |
Total |
Women |
Other than white2 |
|
|
|
per cent. |
|
per cent. |
| Pharmacist Grades |
44 |
34 |
77.27 |
5 |
11.36 |
| Support Bands 1 and 2 |
219 |
196 |
89.50 |
10 |
4.57 |
| Librarian |
1 |
1 |
100.00 |
— |
— |
| Regional Catering Manager |
5 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Industrials |
2,843 |
186 |
6.54 |
N/A |
— |
| Church Education Officer |
1 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Animals Inspector |
1 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Information Officers |
4 |
1 |
25 00 |
— |
— |
| TOTAL |
38,008 |
6,702 |
17.63 |
874 |
2.30 |
| 1 Includes specialist grades; works, hospital, physical education etc. |
| 2 Based on voluntary response to a staff ethnic origins survey. |