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Written question asked by Liz Saville Roberts (Plaid Cymru) on Friday, 12 January 2018, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 16 January 2018. It was answered by Rory Stewart (Conservative) on Monday, 22 January 2018 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.

HMP Cardiff

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions in the last 12 months have prison staff from prisons in England had to cover staff shortages at HMP Cardiff.

Answer

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 to enable the delivery of a safe, decent, secure and predictable regime.

Staffing shortages is not the sole driver of detached duty or indeed the trigger for it to be used. Many establishments have what could be described as staffing shortages or vacancies, but through the use of ‘Regime Management Planning’ these shortages are managed to ensure an acceptable level of regime delivery.

HMP Swansea, HMP Cardiff, HMP Parc and HMP Usk/Prescoed have not received any staff from prisons in England on detached duty in the last 12 months. HMP Berwyn has not received any staff from prisons in England on detached duty since opening.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
122391
Session
2017-19
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Prisons Staff Vacancies HMP Cardiff
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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