HC Deb 12 December 2000 vol 359 cc103-9W
Mr. Lidington

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many staff at each prison establishment in England and Wales were(a) on long-term sick leave and (b) on restricted duties in (i) December 1996, (ii) December 1997, (iii) December 1998, (iv) December 1999 and (v) the most recent date for which information is available. [142457]

Mr. Boateng

The information requested for long-term sickness absence is given in the table. Accurate recording of sickness absence centrally did not begin until 1 January 1999. There is no centrally held information of staff on restricted duties and this information could be collated only at disproportionate cost.

Staff recorded as on long-term sick leave by establishment as at 1 January 1999–2000 and 1 December 2000
As at 1 January
Establishment 1999 2000 1 December 2000
Acklington 14 18 7
Albany 6 7 3
Ashwell 5 6 7
Askham Grange — 5 1
Aylesbury 19 20 22
Bedford 6 6 11
Belmarsh 25 34 58
Birmingham 22 31 50
Blantyre House — 3 2

Staff recorded as on long-term sick leave by establishment as at 1 January 1999–2000 and 1 December 2000
As at 1 January
Establishment 1999 2000 1 December 2000
Blundeston 10 11 6
Brinsford 7 9 14
Bristol 29 22 16
Brixton 22 31 40
Brockhill 5 7 7
Buckley Hall 3 4 5
Bullingdon 10 9 15
Bullwood Hall 6 9 6
Camp Hill 8 13 4
Canterbury 5 6 7
Cardiff 12 11 7
Castington 8 20 16
Channings Wood 6 6 11
Chelmsford 12 17 8
Coldingley 5 4 7
Cookham Wood 4 8 3
Dartmoor 14 12 10
Deerbolt 10 7 7
Dorchester 5 8 2
Dover 9 8 8
Downview 5 7 5
Drake Hall 3 5 5
Durham 27 18 16
East Sutton Park 3 — —
Eastwood Park 7 8 7
Elmley 14 14 21
Erlestoke 7 8 7
Everthorpe 7 5 5
Exeter 23 17 11
Featherstone 5 7 20
Feltham 20 31 31
Ford 6 4 7
Foston Hall 5 5 4
Frankland 21 21 24
Full Sutton 28 26 21
Garth 22 17 17
Gartree 8 8 4
Glen Parva 13 9 10
Gloucester 10 7 6
Grendon 7 3 9
Guys Marsh 9 6 10
Haslar 4 2 2
Hatfield 9 1 1
Haverigg 8 7 9
Hewell Grange 1 2 —
Highdown 13 14 17
Highpoint 10 9 10
Hindley 15 12 17
Hollesley Bay 8 13 11
Holloway 36 34 50
Holme House 25 20 16
HQ 24 34 30
Hull 10 14 6
Huntercombe 5 7 11
Kingston 3 2 3
Kirkham 9 6 13
Kirklevington 3 4 2
Lancaster 3 8 2
Lancaster Farms 12 15 11
Latchmere House 3 — 4
Leeds 22 23 23
Leicester 10 12 10
Lewes 5 9 8
Leyhill 6 8 6
Lincoln 14 10 12
Lindholme 9 13 10
Littlehey 10 13 19
Liverpool 35 36 29
Long Lartin 21 23 13
Low Newton 6 5 8

Staff recorded as on long-term sick leave by establishment as at 1 January 1999–2000 and 1 December 2000
As at 1 January
Establishment 1999 2000 1 December 2000
Maidstone 5 12 12
Manchester 30 40 38
Moorland 13 10 11
Morton Hall 4 7 1
New Hall 2 8 13
North Sea Camp 1 1 3
Northallerton 6 9 5
Norwich 5 25 10
Nottingham 12 7 11
Onley 12 10 13
Parkhurst 12 10 14
Pentonville 25 26 24
Portland 7 10 17
Preston 28 14 15
Ranby 13 16 11
Reading 14 8 11
Risley 24 31 21
Rochester 17 11 3
Send 3 2 —
Shepton Mallet 5 3 5
Shrewsbury 14 4 5
Stafford 14 18 8
Standford Hill 5 9 4
Stocken 3 6 9
Stoke Heath 13 13 18
Styal 16 15 14
Sudbury 3 4 4
Swaleside 8 13 16
Swansea 15 20 4
Swinfen Hall 5 3 4
The Mount 6 9 12

A parliamentary question for written answer on Tuesday 12 December 2000
Establishment Staffing target April 1998 Staff in post 1 December 1997 Staffing target April 1999 Staff in post 1 December 1998 Staffing target April 2000 Staff in post 1 December 1999 FTE 1 December 1999 Staffing target April 2001 Staff in post 1 December 2000 FTE 1 December 2000
Acklington 299 333 380 363 366.5 380 377.5 371.5 374 369.5
Albany 290 284 277 283 294 292 285.5 281.5 286 278
Aldington 73.5 76 67 77 1— 1— 1— 1— 1— 1—
Ashwell 198.5 196 216 218 222.5 226 220 235 218 211
Askham Grange 72 7.7 74.5 81 75 80 76.5 67.5 80 73.5
Aylesbury 252.5 270 334 305 335 316 309.5 333.5 307 299.5
Bedford 244.25 249 246 256 255.5 249 239 249 248 240
Belmarsh 913.5 902 947.5 921 939 921 903.5 942.5 894 874.5
Birmingham 500.5 512 471.1 502 517.5 520 512.5 499 499 489.5
Blantyre House 66 68 66.05 67 67 70 68 68.25 65 64
Blundeston 276 281 281 285 272.5 281 275.5 267 277 272
Brinsford 312 325 311.5 322 353.5 362 355 362 374 361.5
Bristol 554.5 561 544.5 557 562.5 549 541.5 548.5 545 538
Brixton 547.5 539 533 553 543 530 525 501.5 510 506
Brockhill 134.3 142 151.5 148 154.5 153 149.5 169.2 163 160.5
Buckley Hall 2— 2— 2— 2— 2— 2— 2— 3— 182 177
Bullingdon 399.5 385 418 389 420 393 388 422.5 408 399.5
Bullwood Hall 125 133 134.5 142 149 155 148 150 154 147.5
Camp Hill 240.06 261 263.5 260 258 281 275.5 249 270 262.5
Canterbury 190 210 200 203 199 214 211.5 224 200 196
Cardiff 375 379 386.5 395 393 387 377.5 383.5 393 385
Castington 193 194 265 253 273 307 301 346 344 341.5
Channings Wood 279 273 303 305 306.5 317 313 310 315 311.5
Chelmsford 295.5 310 312 317 313.5 322 314.5 324.5 326 317.5
Coldingley 175 181 197 184 202.5 212 209 182.5 200 195.5
Cookham Wood 109.8 106 110.5 110 97.75 100 94.5 95 94 91
Dartmoor 402.5 395 392 398 390 396 390.5 386 385 378
Deerbolt 265 269 268.25 284 263.5 290 285.5 275.5 287 281.5
Dorchester 134 146 137.5 142 144 152 150 149 154 148.5
Dover 192.9 192 199.5 204 201.52 212 208.5 204.5 205 200.5
Downview 198 198 199 202 203.5 203 198 188.5 206 202.5
Drake Hall 123.7 136 132.9 141 139.5 149 142 141 149 141
Durham 668.83 682 691.5 705 702.3 702 694 705 724 715.5
East Sutton Park 53 59 53.5 63 54 63 60 56 61 59
Eastwood Park 157 166 207.5 202 219 224 217.5 212 214 207.5
Elmley 426 439 448.5 455 452 462 454 445.5 468 461
Erlestoke 169 184 179 188 194 190 184.5 201 193 183

Staff recorded as on long-term sick leave by establishment as at 1 January 1999–2000 and 1 December 2000
As at 1 January
Establishment 1999 2000 1 December 2000
The Verne 10 8 9
Thorn Cross 5 7 5
Usk/Prescoed 10 — 2
Wakefield 28 15 29
Wandsworth 22 22 33
Wayland 6 13 11
Wealstun 6 7 5
Weare 11 10 6
Wellingborough 6 9 8
Werrington 8 6 4
Wetherby 9 5 3
Whatton 3 4 3
Whitemoor 40 32 39
Winchester 24 19 11
Woodhill 27 17 31
Wormwood Scrubs 34 38 33
Wymott 21 10 12
Total 1,486 1,530 1,533

Mr. Lidington

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the(a) number of established staff positions and (b) number of staff in post in each prison establishment was in England and Wales in (i) December 1996, (ii) December 1997, (iii) December 1998, (iv) December 1999 and (v) the most recent date for which figures are available. [142456]

Mr. Boateng

The information requested is given in the table.

A parliamentary question for written answer on Tuesday 12 December 2000
Establishment Staffing target April 1998 Staff in post 1 December 1997 Staffing target April 1999 Staff in post 1 December 1998 Staffing target April 2000 Staff in post 1 December 1999 FTE 1 December 1999 Staffing target April 2001 Staff in post 1 December 2000 FTE 1 December 2000
Everthorpe 225 249 246.5 249 251 254 244.5 240 244 236
Exeter 266 288 297 305 306 310 298.5 295.5 312 296.5
Featherstone 320.5 318 321 323 319.5 329 323 302.5 317 311
Feltham 510.5 521 533 524 627.9 562 543.5 683.3 639 624.5
Ford 174.25 175 181 173 176 178 175.5 175.5 169 166
Foston Hall 115 110 146 130 138.5 144 140 184 178 172.5
Frankland 580 608 729.5 740 755.5 781 767 757 763 752.5
Full Sutton 730.5 729 757 753 756.5 768 760.5 781 780 774
Garth 401.5 421 413.5 420 407.5 413 403 403 416 404.5
Gartree 260.5 266 259.5 264 272.5 278 274.5 276 279 276.5
Glen Parva 477.25 451 465.5 474 489.5 507 496 492.25 485 470.5
Gloucester 202.5 218 201 208 211.5 210 205 209 219 213.5
Grendon 295 300 303.5 311 326 326 317.5 330 348 0
Guys Marsh 209.17 219 232.5 237 245 250 244.5 245 251 244.5
Haslar 78 82 77 81 80 82 80 82 84 82
Hatfield 117.5 123 102.5 107 100 100 96 95 100 95.5
Haverigg 311.5 302 292.5 327 294 301 289 299 309 295
Hewell Grange 84.1 84 84 79 83.5 81 79.5 81.3 85 83.5
Highdown 530.5 518 585.1 564 561.3 524 511 546 556 543
Highpoint 348.5 413 457 445 465 482 471.5 493.5 496 483.5
Hindley 330.5 346 346 361 351 359 353.5 344.5 354 346.5
Hollesley Bay 280.5 294 276 285 285 292 278.5 311.5 325 313.5
Holloway 501.5 542 531.5 536 562 531 524 533.5 532 522
Holme House 486.1 474 490.5 487 491 490 487 484.5 488 485.5
Hull 402.38 408 411.3 420 394.5 409 401.5 390.14 400 390
Huntercombe 200.5 172 230 215 271.5 235 231,5 275.5 256 253
Kingston 119.5 127 126 122 130 131 127.5 129.5 132 128.5
Kirkham 231 232 234.5 240 229 234 228 222 236 230
Kirklevington 76 79 83 84 84.5 84 80 87 90 85.5
Lancaster 146 147 147 152 150.5 163 157 154.5 167 160
Lancaster Farms 310.5 320 318 322 344.5 354 345.5 334.5 360 347
Latchmere House 69.9 71 70.9 77 80.9 78 76 81.7 74 72.5
Leeds 686 677 709.5 694 727.5 711 700 709 716 706
Leicester 284 286 265 280 257 259 255 239.5 253 249
Lewes 299.5 307 295 304 298 316 311.5 293 293 289.5
Leyhill 174 173 182 178 180 186 179.5 184 187 183
Lincoln 356 365 347.5 355 355 362 357.5 347 352 348
Lindholme 349 359 360.5 375 376.5 381 374.5 405 428 421.5
Littlehey 294.5 299 292.5 297 305.5 296 290.5 295.5 294 290
Liverpool 798.5 785 774 798 806 830 821.5 775.5 815 807
Long Lartin 557.5 587 661.5 665 680 680 676.5 669.5 688 681
Low Newton 191 192 204 213 210 221 217.5 207.5 219 215
Maidstone 304.7 326 322.5 320 327 347 341.5 350 344 340.5
Manchester 3— 892 3— 935 3— 924 916.5 925.5 869 864.5
Moorland 422.5 418 416 427 443.5 454 445 427 444 434
Morton Hall 74 81 75.5 79 76.5 81 78 76.5 112 109
New Hall 236.52 219 243.4 239 268 264 255.5 274.3 272 265
North Sea Camp 94 99 98 103 102.5 104 99.5 108.5 105 99
Northallerton 145.5 160 143 159 143.5 147 145.5 150 168 167
Norwich 405.5 406 402 414 427 430 420.5 413.6 429 419.5
Nottingham 280.5 274 301 298 301 319 307 325 318 309
Onley 313.5 326 367 357 412.5 389 382.5 389.5 389 383
Parkhurst 327.27 349 342.94 353 355.5 357 346 332 367 354
Pentonville 567.5 549 578.5 592 577.5 585 579 586.5 577 570.5
Portland 272.2 275 289 286 307 310 303.5 314.5 315 306
Preston 426 401 404.5 393 395 403 400 394.5 406 399.5
Ranby 324 298 359.5 372 370 377 367 375.5 390 379.5
Reading 159 173 179 185 190.5 190 185.5 189 194 188
Risley 520.5 538 494 517 481.5 496 487.5 454.5 479 471
Rochester 270 265 256 268 284.5 290 285.5 277 321 315
Send 110 104 143 119 140 128 125.5 138.5 133 130.5
Shepton Mallet 130 135 132 142 129.3 136 131.5 128 147 143
Shrewsbury 173.5 206 210 218 206.5 214 210.5 205.5 210 207
Stafford 314.5 328 315 330 340 342 331 319.5 328 320
Standford Hill 160.5 164 206 214 206.5 211 206.5 204.5 205 197
Stocken 217 233 254.5 264 263.5 275 265 267.5 268 260.5
Stoke Heath 311.5 310 334.5 321 361.5 359 355.5 389 388 385
Styal 258.5 237 315 323 301 336 327 337.5 327 317.5
Sudbury 182 193 181.5 186 186 196 187 183.5 187 180.5
Swaleside 358.5 371 400 366 394 410 402 395.5 421 412
Swansea 211 218 215 225 218 219 214.5 214 222 217.5
Swinfen Hall 202.5 203 220 218 217.5 230 227.5 224 228 223.5
The Mount 250.5 274 312 281 316.5 323 316 321.75 338 332
The Verne 270 281 269 276 272.5 287 279.5 260 272 263.5
Thorn Cross 190 198 195.5 197 210 213 209.5 206 221 216
Usk/Prescoed 166 175 180 182 185 183 178 183.5 189 183.5
Wakefield 597 597 619.5 622 620.5 638 629.5 604 644 631.5
Wandsworth 663.5 639 686.5 699 689 689 683.5 659 699 693
Wayland 267.8 275 279 284 278.75 293 286 282 290 281.5

A parliamentary question for written answer on Tuesday 12 December 2000
Establishment Staffing target April 1998 Staff in post 1 December 1997 Staffing target April 1999 Staff in post 1 December 1998 Staffing target April 2000 Staff in post 1 December 1999 FTE 1 December 1999 Staffing target April 2001 Staff in post 1 December 2000 FTE 1 December 2000
Wealstun 288.5 298 299 304 301.5 312 304.5 307 310 304.5
Weare 203 195 201 203 204 206 202 200.5 208 203.5
Wellingborough 194.5 212 217.5 220 271.5 291 287.5 268 271 265
Werrington 134.5 129 157.75 154 154 155 152.5 158 152 149.5
Wetherby 223 227 235 229 250.5 247 242 250.5 240 236
Whatton 128 126 130 131 139.5 141 135 127.75 140 135.5
Whitemoor 707 717 720 737 738 728 723 719 740 735
Winchester 350 371 339.5 343 352.5 348 340 344.5 349 337
Woodhill 653.25 638 648.8 656 660 656 645 664.5 684 675.5
Wormwood Scrubs 595.5 571 571.5 579 596 557 554 610 585 578
Wymott 407.5 404 402 409 419 428 419.5 421.5 423 410
1 Closed
2 Private Sector
3 No target

Note:

  1. 1. Due to the change of IT system during 1995–96, specific staff in post details by establishment are not available prior to April 1997.
  2. 2. Target Staffing figures are established and recorded at the beginning of each financial year (the earliest reliable figures are April 1998). Staff in post figures are available as at 1 December.
  3. 3. Full time equivalent figures were not available from the system until June 1999. The data for December 1999 and December 2000 is provided on both a headcount and full time equivalent basis for easy comparison.
  4. 4. Information about private sector prisons is not held centrally.