Written question asked by Lord Bradley (Labour) on Wednesday, 16 November 2016, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 30 November 2016. It was answered by Lord Keen of Elie (Conservative) on Tuesday, 6 December 2016 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.

Prison Officers

Question: To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the average number of prison officers on detached duty in each month in 2015 and 2016 to date.

Answer

Safety is our number one priority – The deployment of staff between prisons on detached duty is a regular and normal part of prison resourcing. It allows staff to be allocated from prisons with the capacity to provide them, to those where additional staffing is required. In November the Secretary of State announced an extra 2500 additional prison officers to tackle safety in the estate. The table below sets out the average number of prison officers on detached duty by month in 2015 and 2016:

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

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: HL3276
Session: 2016-17
Registered interest declared: Yes
Subjects: Deployment Prison officers
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk

Prison Officers

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