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Written question asked by Liz Saville Roberts (Plaid Cymru) on Wednesday, 12 June 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 17 June 2019. It was answered by Edward Argar (Conservative) on Friday, 21 June 2019 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.

Prison Officers: Disciplinary Proceedings

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers have been placed under investigation for (a) less than one month, (b) between one and three months, (c) between three and six months, (d) between six and 12 months and (e) over 12 months due to alleged (i) misconduct and (ii) gross misconduct in each of the last three years.

Answer

Table 1a - Number of Prison Officers1,2 (headcount) subject to Conduct and Discipline investigations due to Misconduct, by length of investigation3, 2015/16 to 2017/18

2015/16

2016/17

2017/18

Less than one month

123

138

130

Between one and three months

144

162

138

Between three and six months

18

16

18

Between six and 12 months

5

11

4

Over 12 months

~

~

~

Table 1b - Number of Prison Officers1,2 (headcount) subject to Conduct and Discipline investigations due to Gross Misconduct, by length of investigation3, 2015/16 to 2017/18

2015/16

2016/17

2017/18

Less than one month

20

19

21

between one and three months

111

103

118

between three and six months

12

9

12

between six and 12 months

~

5

~

over 12 months

0

0

6

Notes:

1. Includes Band 3-4 / Prison Officer (incl. specialists), Band 4 / Supervising Officer and Band 5 / Custodial Managers.

2. Staff with at least one conduct and discipline case concluded during the year.

  1. Staff with no end date in the data, indicating open cases, have been excluded.

'~ denotes suppressed values of 2 or fewer or other values which would allow values of 2 or fewer to be derived by subtraction. Low numbers are suppressed to prevent disclosure in accordance with the Data Protection Act, 1998.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
263821
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Disciplinary proceedings Misconduct Prison officers
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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