Written question asked by Toby Perkins (Labour) on Monday, 4 September 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 6 September 2017. It was answered by Sam Gyimah (Conservative) on Tuesday, 12 September 2017 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.

Maximum Security Prisons: Staff

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many members of staff have been employed in each high security prison in each year since 2010.

Answer

The government has committed to recruit a net increase of 2500 prison officers by December 2018. In addition to the recruitment activity to fill these 2500 new posts, there is ongoing recruitment activity to fill current vacancies, and vacancies which arise due to retention rates of existing staff.

The number of staff employed in each high security prison is provided in the table below.

Number of HMPPS staff (FTE) employed in high security prisons, 2010-2017

	31 March 2010	31 March 2011	31 March 2012	31 March 2013	31 March 2014	31 March 2015	31 March 2016	31 March 2017	30 June 2017
Belmarsh	891	839	820	773	695	628	598	566	553
Frankland	961	937	896	860	801	760	703	713	732
Full Sutton	735	724	698	660	622	620	552	545	559
Long Lartin	683	665	650	656	611	576	534	505	495
Manchester	845	832	795	788	689	683	645	644	670
Wakefield	715	692	650	635	568	527	501	484	491
Whitemoor	738	720	674	658	599	564	535	509	512
Woodhill	734	728	700	667	585	546	566	580	575
Grand Total	6,303	6,138	5,882	5,697	5,171	4,904	4,633	4,546	4,587

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Type: Written question
Reference: 7259
Session: 2017-19
Subjects: Staff Maximum security prisons
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk

Maximum Security Prisons: Staff

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