Written question asked by Richard Burgon (Labour) on Thursday, 22 February 2018, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 26 February 2018. It was answered by Rory Stewart (Conservative) on Monday, 5 March 2018 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.

Prison Officers

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison staff were deployed on detached duty in each month of 2016.

Answer

The average number of prison staff deployed on DD each month (4 week average) over the period for which records are held of national detached duty is shown in the table below. The records show there has been a reduction in use of detached duty since 2014.

Detached duty is one of the sensible and proportionate measures we take to ensure we run safe and decent regimes in prisons and respond appropriately to any operational issues that arise.

Month	Average number of Officers deployed on DD
2014
Aug	242
Sep	242
Oct	244
Nov	253
Dec	253
2015
Jan	254
Feb	254
Mar	217
Apr	194
May	268
Jun	269
Jul	250
Aug	201
Sep	195
Oct	191
Nov	179
Dec	192
2016
Jan	178
Feb	188
Mar	168
Apr	170
May	175
June	164
Jul	188
Aug	201
Sep	199
Oct	169
Nov	141
Dec	160

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 129260
Session: 2017-19
Grouped for answer: Yes
Subjects: Deployment Prison officers
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk

Prison Officers

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