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Prison Service: Recruitment
Kelvin Hopkins:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the Prison Service has plans in place to recruit sufficient prison officers to meet its current or projected operating staffing requirement. [126323]
Mr. Sutcliffe:
I refer to the answer that I gave to the right hon. Member for Haltemprice and Howden (David Davis) on 8 March 2007, Official Report column 2171W.
Prison Service: Working Hours
Kelvin Hopkins:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the new Contract Supplementary Hours Scheme was introduced to the Prison Service; what the reasons were for its introduction; when the use of the scheme was extended; and what the reasons were for the extension. [126329]
Mr. Sutcliffe:
The Contract Supplementary Hours scheme was first introduced in April 2001 to overcome staff recruitment and retention difficulties in the South East which were affecting the Prison Service’s ability to deliver decent prisoner regimes. The scheme was extended across the Prison Service from 30 April 2002 to provide operational flexibility and arrangements were formalised through Prison Service Instruction 26/2003 in June 2003. The scheme can be activated locally by individual Governors when staff vacancies occur in order to maintain regime delivery. Participation on the scheme is entirely voluntary.
Kelvin Hopkins:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what measures the Prison Service has put in place to address the local recruitment and retention difficulties that caused the introduction of, and the extension to, the new Contract Supplementary Hours scheme. [126332]
Mr. Sutcliffe:
Since 2001, the Prison Service has had in place a system of local pay allowance specifically targeting areas where recruitment and retention difficulties have been identified. In addition the “headstart” scheme allows Governors in areas where retention and recruitment is particularly demanding to appoint new staff on an enhanced level of basic pay at a point above the standard entry level. These measures, together with changes to recruitment procedures, have enabled the public sector Prison Service to increase prison officer recruitment from under 500 new staff in 2001 to over 1,700 new staff in 2006.
Prisoners: Foreigners
David Davis:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many foreign nationals were held in UK prisons on 30 December 2006, broken down by (a) nationality and (b) offence. [124804]
John Reid
[holding answer 2 March 2007]: Information on the numbers of foreign national prisoners detained in prison establishments in England and Wales on 31 December 2006 by (a) nationality (all detained prisoners) and (b) offence group by nationality (prisoners under immediate custodial sentence) can be found in the following tables.
These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system.
| Table A: Population in prison by nationality and sex England and Wales 31 December 2006 |
| Nationality | Male | Female | Total |
|
All nationalities
|
74,236
|
4,293
|
78,529
|
|
UK nationals
|
63,157
|
3,283
|
66,440
|
|
Foreign nationals
|
10,279
|
915
|
11,195
|
|
Not recorded
|
800
|
95
|
894
|
| | | | |
|
Total Africa
|
2,840
|
357
|
3,197
|
|
Angola
|
81
|
2
|
83
|
|
Burundi
|
8
|
3
|
12
|
|
Dahomey (Benin)
|
7
|
—
|
7
|
|
Botswana
|
2
|
—
|
2
|
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|
Ivory Coast
|
33
|
1
|
34
|
|
Central African Republic
|
8
|
1
|
9
|
|
Congo
|
113
|
7
|
120
|
|
Cameroon, United Republic
|
45
|
4
|
49
|
|
Cape Verde
|
2
|
—
|
2
|
|
Algeria
|
210
|
1
|
211
|
|
Egypt
|
14
|
1
|
15
|
|
Ethiopia
|
65
|
4
|
69
|
|
Ghana
|
179
|
31
|
210
|
|
Gambia
|
40
|
1
|
41
|
|
Guinea
|
13
|
—
|
13
|
|
Equatorial Guinea
|
1
|
—
|
1
|
|
Guinea/Bissau
|
1
|
—
|
1
|
|
Kenya
|
56
|
4
|
60
|
|
Liberia
|
24
|
4
|
28
|
|
Libya
|
25
|
—
|
25
|
|
Morocco
|
49
|
1
|
50
|
|
Mali
|
1
|
—
|
1
|
|
Mauritania
|
3
|
—
|
3
|
|
Mauritius
|
22
|
1
|
23
|
|
Malawi
|
13
|
1
|
14
|
|
Mozambique
|
3
|
—
|
3
|
|
Namibia
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
|
Niger
|
5
|
—
|
5
|
|
Nigeria
|
874
|
193
|
1,067
|
|
Rwanda
|
15
|
3
|
18
|
|
Seychelles
|
3
|
—
|
3
|
|
Sudan
|
55
|
1
|
56
|
|
St. Helena
|
—
|
1
|
1
|
|
Sierre Leone
|
84
|
7
|
91
|
|
Senegal
|
9
|
—
|
9
|
|
Somalia
|
309
|
12
|
321
|
|
Chad
|
2
|
—
|
2
|
|
Togo
|
9
|
4
|
13
|
|
Tunisia
|
18
|
—
|
18
|
|
Tanzania
|
15
|
1
|
16
|
|
Uganda
|
85
|
6
|
91
|
|
Western Sahara
|
1
|
—
|
1
|
|
South Africa
|
143
|
35
|
178
|
|
Zambia
|
15
|
1
|
16
|
|
Congo, Democratic Republic
|
35
|
1
|
36
|
|
Zimbabwe
|
139
|
24
|
164
|
| | | | |
|
Total Asia
|
1,643
|
95
|
1,739
|
|
Bangladesh
|
168
|
1
|
169
|
|
Burma
|
2
|
—
|
2
|
|
China
|
232
|
24
|
256
|
|
Hong Kong
|
6
|
—
|
6
|
|
Indonesia
|
4
|
—
|
4
|
|
India
|
269
|
7
|
276
|
|
British India Ocean Territories
|
1
|
—
|
1
|
|
Cambodia
|
1
|
—
|
1
|
|
Korea Republic of (Sth)
|
4
|
—
|
4
|
|
Sri Lanka
|
157
|
4
|
161
|
|
Mongolia
|
8
|
—
|
8
|
|
Maldives
|
1
|
—
|
1
|
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|
Malaysia
|
23
|
1
|
24
|
|
Nepal
|
1
|
—
|
1
|
|
Philippines
|
12
|
12
|
24
|
|
Pakistan
|
447
|
8
|
455
|
|
Singapore
|
4
|
—
|
4
|
|
Thailand
|
2
|
7
|
9
|
|
East Timor (Portuguese)
|
1
|
—
|
1
|
|
Vietnam
|
300
|
33
|
332
|
| | | | |
|
Total central and South America
|
324
|
46
|
371
|
|
Argentina
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
|
Bolivia
|
5
|
1
|
6
|
|
Brazil
|
59
|
14
|
73
|
|
Belize
|
2
|
—
|
2
|
|
Chile
|
14
|
1
|
15
|
|
Columbia
|
112
|
9
|
121
|
|
Costa Rica
|
3
|
—
|
3
|
|
Ecuador
|
18
|
—
|
18
|
|
French Guyana
|
4
|
—
|
4
|
|
Guatemala
|
5
|
—
|
5
|
|
Guyana
|
33
|
8
|
41
|
|
Honduras
|
1
|
—
|
1
|
|
Mexico
|
15
|
2
|
17
|
|
Panama
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
|
Peru
|
5
|
—
|
5
|
|
Paraguay
|
1
|
—
|
1
|
|
Surinam
|
6
|
1
|
7
|
|
El Salvador
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
|
Uruguay
|
3
|
—
|
3
|
|
Venezuela
|
33
|
8
|
41
|
| | | | |
|
Total Europe
|
2,966
|
223
|
3,189
|
|
Albania
|
148
|
1
|
149
|
|
Armenia
|
3
|
—
|
3
|
|
Austria
|
9
|
3
|
12
|
|
Azerbijan
|
4
|
—
|
4
|
|
Bosnia-Hercegovina
|
6
|
3
|
9
|
|
Belgium
|
34
|
5
|
39
|
|
Bulgaria
|
9
|
—
|
9
|
|
Croatia
|
9
|
1
|
10
|
|
Switzerland
|
4
|
—
|
4
|
|
Czech Republic
|
35
|
2
|
37
|
|
Cyprus
|
58
|
2
|
60
|
|
Germany
|
123
|
16
|
139
|
|
Denmark
|
8
|
2
|
10
|
|
Estonia
|
15
|
2
|
17
|
|
Spain
|
68
|
11
|
79
|
|
Finland
|
2
|
—
|
2
|
|
France
|
157
|
13
|
170
|
|
Georgia
|
14
|
1
|
15
|
|
Gibraltar
|
3
|
—
|
3
|
|
Greece
|
14
|
4
|
18
|
|
Hungary
|
21
|
2
|
22
|
|
Irish Republic
|
640
|
42
|
682
|
|
Italy
|
105
|
9
|
113
|
|
Kazakhstan
|
3
|
—
|
3
|
|
Kyrgystan
|
5
|
—
|
5
|
|
Lithuania
|
176
|
18
|
194
|
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|
Latvia
|
46
|
1
|
47
|
|
Moldova
|
44
|
2
|
46
|
|
Macedonia
|
4
|
1
|
5
|
|
Serbia and Montenegro
|
106
|
1
|
107
|
|
Malta
|
7
|
—
|
7
|
|
Netherlands
|
125
|
29
|
154
|
|
Norway
|
5
|
—
|
5
|
|
Poland
|
265
|
13
|
278
|
|
Portugal
|
173
|
7
|
180
|
|
Romania
|
105
|
11
|
116
|
|
Sweden
|
12
|
6
|
18
|
|
Slovakia
|
20
|
2
|
22
|
|
Slovenia
|
6
|
1
|
7
|
|
Russia
|
104
|
13
|
117
|
|
Turkey
|
265
|
1
|
266
|
|
Uzbekistan
|
3
|
—
|
3
|
| | | | |
|
Total Middle East
|
706
|
4
|
710
|
|
United Arab Emirates
|
9
|
—
|
9
|
|
Afghanistan
|
108
|
—
|
108
|
|
Bahrain
|
2
|
—
|
2
|
|
Iran
|
209
|
2
|
211
|
|
Israel
|
27
|
—
|
27
|
|
Iraq
|
280
|
—
|
280
|
|
Jordan
|
12
|
—
|
12
|
|
Kuwait
|
13
|
—
|
13
|
|
Lebanon
|
22
|
1
|
23
|
|
Oman
|
1
|
—
|
1
|
|
Saudi Arabia
|
9
|
1
|
10
|
|
Syrian Arab Republic
|
6
|
—
|
6
|
|
Yemen, Republic of
|
7
|
—
|
7
|
| | | | |
|
Total North America
|
104
|
21
|
125
|
|
Canada
|
19
|
6
|
26
|
|
United States of America
|
84
|
15
|
99
|
| | | | |
|
Total Oceania
|
39
|
6
|
45
|
|
Australia
|
20
|
4
|
24
|
|
Fiji
|
10
|
—
|
10
|
|
French Southern Territories
|
1
|
—
|
1
|
|
Johnston Island
|
1
|
—
|
1
|
|
Kiribati
|
1
|
—
|
1
|
|
New Zealand
|
4
|
2
|
6
|
|
Papua New Guinea
|
1
|
—
|
1
|
| | | | |
|
Total other
|
10
|
—
|
10
|
| | | | |
|
Total unrecorded
|
800
|
95
|
894
|
| | | | |
|
West Indies
|
1,647
|
162
|
1,809
|
|
Aruba
|
1
|
—
|
1
|
|
Anguilla
|
1
|
—
|
1
|
|
Netherlands Antilles
|
22
|
6
|
28
|
|
Barbados
|
29
|
2
|
31
|
|
Bermuda
|
6
|
1
|
7
|
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|
Bahamas
|
5
|
—
|
5
|
|
Cuba
|
1
|
—
|
1
|
|
Dominica
|
7
|
—
|
7
|
|
Dominican Republic
|
7
|
3
|
10
|
|
Grenada
|
21
|
4
|
25
|
|
Haiti
|
2
|
—
|
2
|
|
Jamaica
|
1,414
|
110
|
1,524
|
|
St. Lucia
|
25
|
6
|
31
|
|
Montserrat
|
14
|
—
|
14
|
|
St. Christopher and Nevis
|
1
|
—
|
1
|
|
St. Kitts and Nevis
|
3
|
—
|
3
|
|
Trinidad and Tobago
|
75
|
26
|
101
|
|
St. Vincent and The Grenadines
|
13
|
4
|
17
|
