23 Oct 2007 : Column 288W—continued
Prison Service: Vacancies
Mr. Bellingham:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice by how many staff each prison establishment is short of full staffing levels; and if he will make a statement. [159436]
23 Oct 2007 : Column 289W
Mr. Hanson:
Information on how many staff of all grades each establishment was short of its staffing requirement on 30 September 2007 is shown in the table. However, the emphasis within the Prison Service is on operational staffing where the overall shortfall is 1.5 per cent.
| Public sector establishments |
| | Shortfall from full staffing( 1) |
| Prison name | Number | Percentage |
|
Acklington
|
0
|
0
|
|
Albany
|
3
|
1
|
|
Ashwell
|
15
|
5
|
|
Askham Grange
|
0
|
0
|
|
Aylesbury
|
23
|
7
|
|
Bedford
|
5
|
2
|
|
Belmarsh
|
48
|
5
|
|
Birmingham
|
49
|
6
|
|
Blakenhurst
|
14
|
3
|
|
Blantyre House
|
0
|
0
|
|
Blundeston
|
2
|
1
|
|
Brinsford
|
0
|
0
|
|
Bristol
|
0
|
0
|
|
Brixton
|
36
|
9
|
|
Brockhill
|
8
|
5
|
|
Buckley Hall
|
2
|
1
|
|
Bullingdon
|
17
|
3
|
|
Bullwood Hall
|
10
|
6
|
|
Camp Hill
|
0
|
0
|
|
Canterbury
|
12
|
6
|
|
Cardiff
|
7
|
2
|
|
Castington
|
9
|
2
|
|
Channings Wood
|
0
|
0
|
|
Chelmsford
|
17
|
4
|
|
Coldingley
|
1
|
0
|
|
Cookham Wood /ESP
|
14
|
6
|
|
Dartmoor
|
9
|
3
|
|
Deerbolt
|
0
|
0
|
|
Dorchester
|
14
|
7
|
|
Dover
|
0
|
0
|
|
Downview
|
18
|
7
|
|
Drake Hall
|
10
|
5
|
|
Durham
|
17
|
3
|
|
Eastwood Park
|
31
|
10
|
|
Edmunds Hill
|
9
|
4
|
|
Elmley
|
2
|
1
|
|
Erlestoke
|
21
|
9
|
|
Everthorpe
|
17
|
5
|
|
Exeter
|
9
|
3
|
|
Featherstone
|
17
|
5
|
|
Feltham
|
45
|
5
|
|
Ford
|
17
|
8
|
|
Foston Hall
|
26
|
8
|
|
Frankland
|
53
|
5
|
|
Full Sutton
|
0
|
0
|
|
Garth
|
16
|
3
|
|
Gartree
|
15
|
3
|
|
Glen Parva
|
22
|
4
|
|
Gloucester
|
11
|
5
|
|
Grendon
|
0
|
0
|
|
Guys Marsh
|
14
|
5
|
|
Haslar
|
7
|
6
|
|
Haverigg
|
19
|
5
|
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|
Hewell Grange
|
0
|
0
|
|
High Down(2)
|
75
|
14
|
|
Highpoint
|
36
|
8
|
|
Hindley
|
5
|
1
|
|
Hollesley Bay
|
8
|
5
|
|
Holloway
|
45
|
8
|
|
Holme House
|
4
|
1
|
|
Hull
|
12
|
2
|
|
Huntercombe
|
4
|
1
|
|
Kennet(3)
|
74
|
24
|
|
Kingston
|
3
|
2
|
|
Kirkham
|
13
|
5
|
|
Kirklevington Grange
|
0
|
0
|
|
Lancaster
|
0
|
0
|
|
Lancaster Farms
|
12
|
3
|
|
Latchmere House(4)
|
12
|
13
|
|
Leeds
|
6
|
1
|
|
Leicester
|
8
|
3
|
|
Lewes
|
9
|
3
|
|
Leyhill
|
14
|
6
|
|
Lincoln
|
4
|
1
|
|
Lindholme
|
0
|
0
|
|
Littlehey
|
8
|
2
|
|
Liverpool
|
19
|
3
|
|
Long Lartin
|
0
|
0
|
|
Low Newton
|
3
|
1
|
|
Maidstone
|
28
|
8
|
|
Manchester
|
46
|
5
|
|
Moorland
|
4
|
1
|
|
Morton Hall
|
1
|
1
|
|
New Hall
|
0
|
0
|
|
North Sea Camp
|
5
|
4
|
|
Northallerton
|
1
|
1
|
|
Norwich
|
1
|
0
|
|
Nottingham
|
10
|
2
|
|
Onley
|
4
|
1
|
|
Parkhurst
|
8
|
2
|
|
Pentonville
|
21
|
3
|
|
Portland
|
0
|
0
|
|
Preston
|
0
|
0
|
|
Ranby
|
14
|
3
|
|
Reading
|
7
|
3
|
|
Risley
|
20
|
4
|
|
Rochester
|
0
|
0
|
|
Send
|
9
|
5
|
|
Shepton Mallet
|
5
|
3
|
|
Shrewsbury
|
3
|
2
|
|
Stafford
|
7
|
2
|
|
Standford Hill
|
21
|
10
|
|
Stocken
|
38
|
9
|
|
Stoke Heath
|
0
|
0
|
|
Styal
|
0
|
0
|
|
Sudbury
|
9
|
5
|
|
Swaleside
|
7
|
2
|
|
Swansea
|
15
|
5
|
|
Swinfen Hall
|
24
|
6
|
|
The Mount
|
15
|
4
|
|
The Verne
|
2
|
1
|
|
Thorn Cross
|
0
|
0
|
|
Usk/Prescoed
|
17
|
7
|
|
Wakefield
|
47
|
6
|
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|
Wandsworth
|
48
|
7
|
|
Warren Hill
|
3
|
1
|
|
Wayland
|
0
|
0
|
|
Wealstun
|
9
|
2
|
|
Wellingborough
|
24
|
7
|
|
Werrington
|
10
|
6
|
|
Wetherby
|
9
|
3
|
|
Whatton
|
33
|
7
|
|
Whitemoor
|
67
|
8
|
|
Winchester
|
7
|
2
|
|
Woodhill
|
66
|
9
|
|
Wormwood Scrubs
|
19
|
3
|
|
Wymott
|
10
|
2
|
(1) Shortfall of staffing availability, including the contribution of officers working contracted supplementary hours against operational staffing requirement.
(2) Includes staffing requirement for new accommodation in the process of recruiting
(3) Newly opened prison, staff building up.
(4) Developing new staffing profile and in process of recruiting
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