§ Mr. Alex CarlileTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prison service staff were employed, by category and in total in each of the last five years for which figures are available. [7369]
§ Miss WiddecombeResponsibility 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 11 January 1996:
The Home Secretary has asked me, in the absence of the Director General from the office, to reply to your recent Question requesting information about the number and category of staff employed by the Prison Service in each of the last five years.The attached tables, copies of which will be placed in the Library of the House, are based on information held in the personnel information computer system. They show the total Prison Service staff, broken down by grade and gender, at the beginning of each financial year since 1990, except for 1991 where the 1 April figure is unavailable and so the figure for 1 October has bee used instead.