§ Mr. OatenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much the Prison Service spent on purchasing and upgrading IT equipment(a) in 2003 and (b) in 2002; and what this cost per prison employee. [135897]
§ Paul GogginsThe Prison Service entered into a contract with EDS in 2000 for the provision of a fully managed information technology and telephony service. Payment is based on the number of personal computers supported under the contract. The cost of the IT element only of the contract, together with the cost of non-IT activities, amounted to £32,094,111 in 2001–02 and £47,471,074 in 2002–2003. This is equivalent to £728 per average full time equivalent employee in 2001–2002 and £1,045 in 2002–2003.
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Staff Vacancies at Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (YOIs) at 30 June 2003
1Area Establishment Officers and Senior
Operational
Managers
Others High Security Prisons Belmarsh 49 28 East Midlands(South) Durham 6 – Frankland 30 16 Long Lartin 25 2 Manchester 14 27 Wakefield 9 – Whitemoor 52 22 Woodhill 23 22 Juvenile Huntercombe 12 – Establishments Warren Hill 10 7 Werrington 6 8 Wetherby 4 1 Women's Prisons and YOIs Askham Grange – 1 Brockhill 1 5 Buckley Hall 4 – Bullwood Hall 14 Cookham Wood 6 – Downview 18 6 Drake Hall 9 – East Sutton Park – – Eastwood Park 15 1 Foston Hall 1 Edmunds Hill 44 41 Holloway 19 17 Low Newton – – Morton Hall – 2
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Staff Vacancies at Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (YOIs) at 30 June 2003
1Area Establishment Officers and Senior
Operational
Managers
Others New Hall -9 13 Send 6 10 Styal - 23 East Midlands (North) Lincoln 11 - North Sea Camp 2 - Nottingham 8 - Ranby - - Sudbury 1 1 Whatton 1 - East Midlands (North) Ashwell 1 9 Gartree - - Glen Parva - - Leicester - - Onley 13 7 Stocken 9 5 Wellingborough 13 4 Eastern Bedford 15 15 Blundeston - - Chelmsford 4 6 Highpoint - 18 Hollesley Bay 1 1 Littlehey 14 16 Norwich 11 16 Kent, Surrey and Sussex The Mount 11 6 Wayland 2 5 Blantyre House 1 - Canterbury - 3 Coldingley - 4 Dover 5 11 Elmley - 5 Ford 3 6 High Down 18 10 Lewes 5 19 Maidstone 4 - Rochester 11 8 Standford Hill 3 4 Swaleside 12 - London Brixton 22 23 Feltham 31 15 Latchmere House 1 3 Pentonville 11 27 Wandsworth 31 8 Wormwood Scrubs 43 30 North East Acklington 3 - Castington 11 4 Deerbolt - 7 Holme House 3 - Kirklevington - - Grange North West Garth 16 - Haverigg 2 3 Hindley 45 18 Kirkham - 4 Lancaster 9 - Lancaster Farms 35 - Liverpool 22 - Preston 15 - Risley - 11 Thorn Cross 7 - Wymott 6 - South West Bristol 36 28 Channings wood - - Dartwoor 7 - Dorchester 13 3 Erlestroke 16 3 Exeter - 6 Gloucester 10 2 Guys Marsh 6 2 Leyhill 8 - Portland - - Shepton Mallet - - The Verne 1 2 Weare 4 2 Thames Valley and Hampshire Albany 14 - Aylesbury 6 - Bullingdon 40 16 Camp Hill 2 Grendon 7 8 Haslar 7 5
Staff Vacancies at Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (YOIs) at 30 June 20031 Area Establishment Officers and Senior
Operational
Managers
Others Wales Kingston - 1 Parkhurst 10 11 Reading - 2 Winchester 7 12 Cardiff 7 13 Swansea 3 - Usk/Prescoed 3 6 West Midlands Birmingham 99 5 Blakenhurst - - Brinsford 7 - Featherstone 2 2 Hewell Grange 1 6 Shrewsbury - - Stafford 2 - Stoke Heath 6 - Swinfen Hall - - Yorkshire and Humberside Everthorpe - - Hull 7 - Leeds 4 - Lindholme 5 - Moorland - - Northallerton - 1 Wealstun 2 - Total: 1,247 700 1 Figures do not take into account new staff who were still in the recruitment process at 30 June 2003