§ Mr. HoyleTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many prisoner custody officers are currently employed at Blakenhurst; and how many have resigned or been sacked since the prison opened;
(2) how many prison custody officers have been employed at Blakenhurst by United Kingdom Detention Services since it opened; and if he will provide details;
(3) what information he has as to how many former members of the state prison service now work at Blakenhurst;
(4) what is the grade of the Crown Monitor at Blakenhurst prison;
(5) how many disturbances have taken place at Blakenhurst since it opened; and if he will give details.
§ Mr. Peter LloydResponsibility 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 from Derek Lewis to Mr. Doug Hoyle, dated 28 March 1994:
HM Prison Blakenhurst
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Questions about Blakenhurst prison.
Since its opening a total of 308 people have been employed as prisoner custody officers at Blakenhurst. 30 people have resigned and two have been dismissed. There are 276 prisoner custody officers currently employed at the prison; 13 former members of the Prison Service work there.
The Controller is a Governor III grade Crown servant.
There have been a total of two disturbances and five occasions on which there have been peaceful acts of indiscipline at Blakenhurst since its opening. The details are listed in the attached Annex.