HC Deb 27 February 1996 vol 272 cc500-5W
Mr. Alex Carlile

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the average amount spent on wages per member of staff in each prison for the first six months of the current financial year; and if he will make a statement. [16675]

Miss Widdecombe

[holding answer 26 February 1996]: Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the temporary Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.

Letter from A. J. Pearson to Mr. Alex Carlile, dated 27 February 1996: The Home Secretary has asked me, in the absence of the Director General from the office, to answer your recent Question about the average amount spent on wages per member of staff in each prison for the first six months of the current financial year.

Pay as at 30 September 1995 Directorate of Operations (South)
Area Establishment Expenditure to end September SLP as at 30 September Average
East Anglia
3511 Blundeston 2,854,718 267 10,692
3516 Bullwood Hall 1,380,416 136 10,150
3522 Chelmsford 3,219,834 329 9,787
3551 Highpoint 3,689,380 355 10,393
3553 Hollesley Bay 3,444,989 322 10,699
3580 Norwich 4,113,756 375 10,970
3624 Wayland 2,789,256 265 10,525
Kent
3501 Aldington 789,877 75 10,532
3510 Blantyre House 774,475 70 11,064
3519 Canterbury 2,556,880 227 11,264
3524 Cookham Wood 1,052,360 101 10,419
3528 Dover 2,207,833 203 10,876
3531 East Sutton Park 559,208 54 10,356
3648 Elmley 4,239,336 412 10,290
3571 Maidstone 3,786,088 344.3 10,996
3592 Rochester 3,008,169 276 10,899
3598 Standford Hill 1,811,096 174 10,409
3633 Swaleside 3,762,555 363 10,365
London North
3508 Bedford 2,956,981 263 11,243
3545 Grendon 3,201,251 280 11,433
3554 Holloway 5,786,817 491 11,786
3542 Littlehey 2,995,266 275 10,892
3585 Pentonville 6,369,731 525 12,133
3609 Wellingborough 2,126,341 198.9 10,691
3574 Whitemoor 7,423,414 697 10,651
3621 Woodhill 5,105,846 506.8 10,075
3614 Wormwood Scrubs 8,095,596 625 12,953
London South
3502 Albany 3,386,094 306 11,066
3630 Belmarsh 8,583,014 813 10,557
3513 Brixton 7,675,556 631 12,164
3517 Camp Hill 3,025,770 279 10,845
3537 Feltham 6,016,547 514 11,705
3561 Latchmere House 796,910 72 11,068
3584 Parkhurst 6,075,247 539 11,271
3608 Wandsworth 8,607,791 726.5 11,848
South Coast
3643 Downview 2,011,823 188 10,701
3538 Ford 1,901,258 173.5 10,958
3547 Haslar 940,292 83 11,329
3646 High Down 4,474,549 422 10,603
3557 Kingston 1,390,006 123 11,301
3564 Lewes 3,392,560 301 11,271
3594 Send 893,314 86 10,387
3613 Winchester 4,629,803 412.5 11,224
Chilterns
3507 Aylesbury 2,782,890 262 10,622
3623 Bullingdon 5,000,019 425 111,765
3523 Coldingley 2,133,451 191 11,170
3556 Huntercombe 1,910,954 181 10,558
3622 The Mount 2,530,561 247 10,245
3582 Onley 2,927,243 270 10,842
3583 Oxford 52,256 61 1857
3590 Reading 1,971,640 183 10,774

The information requested is not available centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. The attached table sets out the expenditure for the first six months of the year at each prison; the staff in post at the end of that six months; and expenditure per staff in post at the end of the period.

Pay as at 30 September 1995 Directorate of Operations (South)
Area Establishment Expenditure to end September SLP as at 30 September Average
Wales and West
3512 Bristol 5,221,442 499 10,464
3520 Cardiff 4,002,878 370 10,819
3532 Eastwood Park 97,365 9 10,818
3533 Erlestoke 1,990,80 191 10,423
3544 Gloucester 2,390,545 223 10,720
3565 Leyhill 1,967,56 178 11,054
3588 Pucklechurch 1,031,455 96 10,744
3602 Swansea 2,327,223 209 11,135
3605 Usk 1,961,303 184 10,659
Wessex
3521 Channings Wood 2,881,105 268 10,750
3525 Dartmoor 4,178,642 374 11,173
3527 Dorchester 1,602,576 144 11,129
3535 Exeter 3,584,262 326 10,995
3546 Guys Marsh 1,927,219 182 10,589
3586 Portland 3,108,216 293 10,608
3595 Shepton Mallet 1,495,209 137 10,914
3606 The Verne 3,012,523 281 10,721
1Shared staff with Bullingdon.
Pay as at 30 September 1995 Directorate of Operations (North)
Establishment Expenditure to end September SIP as at 30 September Cost per member of staff
East Midlands
Lincoln 4,346,630 393 11,060
Lindholme 3,909,398 358.5 10,905
Moorland 4,122,807 371.5 11,098
Morton Hall 762,121 74.25 10,264
North Sea Camp 1,011,080 103.5 9,769
Nottingham 2,214,551 199.8 11,084
Ranby 2,369,742 221 10,723
Stocken 2,309,203 215 10,740
Whatton 1,400,304 130.9 10,697
North-east
Acklington 3,325,093 341 9,751
Castington 2,138,298 190 11,254
Durham 6,011,175 568.5 10,574
Frankland 6,232,569 568.5 10,963
Full Sutton 7,652,947 711.5 10,756
Holme House 4,552,547 449 10,139
Kirklevington 860,880 68.8 12,513
Low Newton 1,978,309 185.1 10,688
North-west
Garth 3,828,877 364.5 10,504
Haverigg 2,669,824 261.8 10,198
Hindley 2,956,365 280.03 10,557
Kirkham 2,163,519 210.96 10,256
Lancaster Castle 1,526,074 146 10,452
Lancaster Farms 2,955,215 285 10,369
Preston 4,610,371 398.5 11,569
Thorn Cross 1,577,989 152.5 10,216
Wymott 3.404,808 309.5 11,001
Trans Pennine
Leeds 7,838,108 698.5 11,221
Liverpool 8,894,451 778 11,432
Manchester 8,149,425 770.5 10,577
New Hall 2,048,420 187.3 10,936
Risley 6,000,714 551.5 10,881
Styal 2,305,032 229 10,065
Wakefield 6,970,868 609 11,446

Pay as at 30 September 1995 Directorate of Operations (North)
Establishment Expenditure to end September SIP as at 30 September Cost per member of staff
Yorkshire
Askham Grange 821,326 77.5 10,598
Deerbolt 3,000,859 276 10,872
Everthorpe 2,295,073 226.4 10,137
Hatfield 1,393,334 132.4 10,524
Hull 4,627,270 425.85 10,866
Northallerton 1,750,228 168.75 10,372
Wealstun 2,743,146 250 10,972
Wetherby 1,410,398 131.88 10,694
Central
Ashwell 2,002,289 182 11,002
Birmingham 6,635,518 605.5 10,959
Brinsford 3,640,163 338.5 10,754
Featherstone 3,389,342 288 11,768
Gartree 3,060,016 288 10,625
Glen Parva 5,349,035 479.75 11,150
Leicester 3,415,367 307.5 11,107
Long Lartin 5,746,105 551 10,428
Stafford 3,859,104 341.17 11,311
Mercia
Brockhill 1,228,028 109.5 11,215
Drake Hall 1,405,874 134.1 10,484
Hewell Grange 855,957 86.5 9,895
Shrewsbury 2,369,175 210 11,282
Stoke Heath 2,386,464 232.5 10,264
Sudbury/Foston 2,053,136 197 10,422
Swinfen Hall 1,751,583 161.5 10,846
Werrington 895,703 88 10,179