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Prisons: Sick Leave

Answer

Information on the sickness absence rate, measured in average working days lost, for each Prison Service establishment is in the following table.

Average working days lost to sickness absence—October 2010 to September 2011
Public sector establishment	Average working days lost
Ashwell	12.8
Askham Grange	10.9
Aylesbury	10.6
Bedford	8.4
Belmarsh	11.2
Birmingham	10.3
Blantyre House	5.6
Blundeston	10.0
Brinsford	12.4
Bristol	6.0
Brixton	11.0
Buckley Hall	13.5
Bullingdon	8.2
Bullwood Hail	10.5
Bure	8.0
Canterbury	10.5
Cardiff	11.4
Channings Wood	7.5
Chelmsford	12.0
Coldingley	9.3
Cookham Wood	12.4
Dartmoor	13.0
Deerbolt	11.4
Dorchester	8.0
Dover	9.5
Downview	11.9
Drake Hall	6.9
Durham	12.3
East Sutton Park	9.2
Eastwood Park	11.9
Elmley	14.3
Erlestoke and Shepton Mallet	9.7
Everthorpe	9.2
Exeter	11.0
Featherstone	8.1
Feltham	12.7
Ford	14.6
Foston Hall	10.3
Frankland	8.3
Full Sutton	9.5
Garth	11.7
Gartree	7.1
Glen Parva	5.2
Gloucester	9.5
Grendon	7.4
Guys Marsh	9.5
Haslar	12.1
Haverigg	14.2
Hewell	12.1
Highdown	11.2
Highpoint	11.8
Hindley	12.5
Hollesley Bay	5.9
Holloway	11.1
Holme House	11.4
Hull	6.7
Huntercombe	6.6
Isis	13.3
Isle of Wight	11.3
Kennet	13.3
Kingston	9.9
Kirkham	11.3
Kirklevington Grange	11.4
Lancaster	13.3
Lancaster Farms	10.6
Latchmere House	10.3
Leeds	11.8
Leicester	5.1
Lewes	12.8
Leyhill	8.9
Lincoln	8.6
Lindholme	10.0
Littlehey	12.9
Liverpool	15.6
Long Lartin	5.3
Low Newton	12.1
Maidstone	11.2
Manchester	11.3
Moorland	9.9
Morton Hall	4.8
New Hall	11.0
North Sea Camp	8.0
Northallerton	8.8
Northumberland	11.8
Norwich	10.2
Nottingham	8.9
Onley	7.2
Pentonville	9.7
Portland	8.7
Preston	9.7
Ranby	8.0
Reading	15.9
Risley	9.7
Rochester	10.5
Send	8.8
Sheppey Central Services and Reoffending	10.5
Shrewsbury	9.5
Stafford	10.5
Standford Hill	17.6
Stocken	10.0
Stoke Heath	9.9
Styal	12.8
Sudbury	5.4
Swaleside	11.3
Swansea	8.8
Swinfen Hall	9.8
The Mount	8.0
The Verne	10.2
Thorn Cross	7.4
Usk/Prescoed	9.9
Wakefield	6.3
Wandsworth	10.8
Warren Hill	11.9
Wayland	7.7
Wealstun	9.5
Wellingborough	9.5
Werrington	7.5
Wetherby	10.6
Whatton	7.5
Whitemoor	6.0
Winchester	13.1
Woodhill	6.4
Wormwood Scrubs	8.5
Wymott	13.2

Private sector establishment	Period¹	Average working days lost
Altcourse	January 2011 to December 2011	12.5
Ashfield	January 2011 to December 2011	3.3
Birmingham	—²	—
Bronzefield	April 2011 to January 2012	7.8
Doncaster	January 2011 to December 2011	2.5
Dovegate	January 2011 to December 2011	4.8
Forest Bank	April 2011 to January 2012	5.6
Lowdham Grange	January 2011 to December 2011	2.5
Pare	January 2011 to December 2011	8.6
Peterborough	April 2011 to January 2012	6.4
Rye Hill	January 2011 to December 2011	9.1
Wolds	January 2011 to December 2011	8.7
¹ The period reported for public sector prisons (October 2010 to September 2011) corresponds with the latest contribution to published civil service sickness absence data. Private sector establishments are not subject to this publication and the latest available period has been provided by contractors. ² HMP Birmingham transferred to private sector management in October 2011. Sickness absence for this establishment has therefore been reported within the public sector prisons table.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

95898; 541 c87-90W

Session

2010-12

Subjects

Prisons Sick leave

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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