§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many(a) prison officers and (b) prison auxiliaries were employed in each year since 1990.
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last weekday of each month for the last six months. Prisoners at Wakefield are currently unlocked for 11.6 hours on weekdays.More detailed information is given in the following table:
§ Mr. Michael ForsythResponsibility 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 Mr. Martin Redmond, dated 23 January 1995:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the number of prison officers and prison auxiliaries employed by the Prison Service since 1990.I attach a table showing the number of prison officers and prison auxiliaries employed by the Service at 1 April each year since 1990. This is with the exception of 1991 where the figures are for 1 October, as April figures are unavailable.The figures for prison officers include the figures for senior officers and principal officers. All specialist officers and prison officers in initial training are also included.
Year Prison officers Prison auxiliaries 1990 20,785 994 19911 21,421 1220 1992 23,029 1278 1993 23,994 1436 1994 23,756 1621 19952 24,237 1840 1 As at 1 October 2 As at 1 January