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Written question asked by Richard Burgon (Labour) on Wednesday, 13 December 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 18 December 2017 (named day). It was answered by Sam Gyimah (Conservative) on Tuesday, 19 December 2017 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.


Prison Officers

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many days of detached duty have been worked by prison officers in each of the last five years.

Answer

The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

The deployment of staff between prisons on detached duty is a regular and normal part of prison resourcing. It allows staff to be allocated from prisons with the capacity to provide them, to those where additional staffing is required. Since October 2013, national detached duty has been coordinated centrally. Detached duty has taken place every day since this date.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
119247
Session
2017-19
Related items
Prison Officers
Monday, 8 January 2018
Written questions
House of Commons
Prison Officers
Monday, 8 January 2018
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Deployment Prison officers
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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