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Prisons: Private Sector

Answer

As we have previously stated all staffing matters, including the responsibility for ensuring the availability of sufficiently trained and experienced staff to maintain safe and decent prisons, lies with Contractors. There is no requirement in the contracts to agree staffing levels with the Ministry of Justice. Private providers continue to play an important role in the prison estate and I can assure you that performance of all providers is closely monitored and we will not hesitate to take action where standards fall short.

Prison population statistics are regularly published and can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-population-figures-2018

The table below displays the most recent figures that the Ministry of Justice has for the number of funded posts for Prison Custody Officers at each privately managed prison and the dates that these relate to.

Altcourse	Ashfield	Birmingham	Bronzefield	Doncaster	Dovegate	Forest Bank
287.12	76.2	302	157	218.5	260	267
01/06/19	31/05/19	01/03/19	01/05/19	31/05/19	31/05/19	01/05/19
Lowdham Grange	Northumberland	Oakwood	Parc	Peterborough	Rye Hill	Thameside
228.2	234.5	284	306	320.4	146	217
31/05/19	01/05/19	01/05/19	01/05/19	01/04/19	01/05/19	31/05/19

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

264474

Session

2017-19

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Subjects

Private sector Prisons Ratios

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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