Mr. John D. TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people have been employed within the Northern Ireland Prison Service; and if he will provide a breakdown(a) for (i) uniformed and (ii) civilian employees and (b) for each institution in each of the last five years.
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§ Sir John WheelerResponsibility for the subject in question has been delegated to the Prison Service under its chief executive, Mr. Alan Shannon. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from A. D. Shannon to Mr. John D. Taylor, dated 13 March 1996:
The Secretary of State has asked me to reply to your question about the number of staff within the Northern Ireland Prison Service. The figures are based on staff in post at 1st March in each of the last 5 years.
Total staff in post Year Discipline staff Governors Specialists Civilians 1992 2,463 105 582 345 1993 2,494 100 582 331 1994 2,507 94 589 325 1995 2,552 91 519 396 1996 2,532 86 445 430
Year Discipline staff Governors Specialists Civilian HM prison, Belfast 1992 556 20 119 17 1993 609 22 120 20 1994 611 20 120 20 1995 335 16 111 32 1996 315 13 85 32 HM prison, Maze 1992 849 24 178 57 1993 823 24 174 47 1994 843 23 174 47 1995 1,153 23 131 68 1996 1,117 25 126 67 HM prison, Maghaberry 1992 478 16 128 38 1993 478 16 129 36
Numbers and percentages of classes by class size in Northern Ireland primary schools Up to 20 21–25 26–30 31–35 36–40 Over 40 Year Number Per-centage Number Per-centage Number Per-centage Number Per-centage Number Per-centage Number Per-centage 1986–87 1,039 15.1 1,831 26.6 2,453 35.6 1,346 19.6 204 3.0 8 0.1 1987–88 1,036 15.0 1,881 27.2 2,520 36.4 1,312 19.0 168 2.4 5 0.1 1988–89 1,048 15.0 1,857 26.6 2,521 36.2 1,348 19.3 175 2.5 20 0.3 1989–90 1,060 15.0 1,892 26.8 2,602 36.9 1,345 10.1 143 2.0 7 0.1 1990–91 1,136 16.0 1,979 27.9 2,565 36.1 1,266 17.8 152 2.1 7 0.1 1991–92 1,221 16.9 2,122 29.4 2,614 36.2 1,157 16.0 90 1.2 15 0.2 1992–93 1,404 19.2 2,193 30.0 2,710 37.1 954 13.0 51 0.7 1 0 1993–94 1,755 22.8 2,473 32.2 2,628 34.2 793 10.3 36 0.5 1 0 1994–95 1,828 23.6 2,601 33.7 2,552 33.0 716 9.3 32 0.4 0 0 1995–96 1,810 23.9 2,472 32.6 2,634 34.7 647 8.5 18 0.2 0 0