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Written question asked by Richard Burgon (Labour) on Friday, 5 July 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 9 July 2019. It was answered by Robert Buckland (Conservative) on Monday, 15 July 2019 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.

Prison Officers

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total number of days of detached duty worked was in each prison where performance was found to be of serious concern in the Annual Prison Performance Ratings 2017-18 in (a) the last six months of 2017 and (b) the last six months of 2018.

Answer

National 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. The deployment of staff between prisons on National Detached Duty is a regular and normal part of prison resourcing; the number of Prison Officers deployed on National Detached Duty varies from one week to the next in order to reflect operational circumstances.

The attached table shows the number of staff deployed through National Detached Duty to the prisons rated as being of serious concern in the Annual Prison Performance Ratings 2017-18 for the last six months of 2017 and 2018. Figures are not included for HMP Peterborough as privately managed prisons are not supported with National Detached Duty. It should be noted that the figures represent the number of staff in place during the week commencing the date shown, it is not known how many days per week that staff would have been deployed. It is only possible to obtain data for days worked at disproportionate cost.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
273819
Session
2017-19
Attachment
PQ 273819 DD in sites of serious concern
Subjects
Deployment Prisons Standards Prison officers
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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