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Prison Service: Dismissal

Dr. Murrison: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many staff in each (a) age and (b) ethnic group have been dismissed from each London prison in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. [268759]

Mr. Hanson: The figures provided on dismissals include staff dismissed for reasons of conduct, performance or attendance. 60 per cent. of dismissals in 2008 were related to attendance.

Dismissal of staff for poor attendance has helped to reduce the sickness absence rate across the Prison Service by 17 per cent. over the last five years.

Where dismissal is the result of disciplinary cases, these are for very serious matters such as racial/sexual harassment, assault, following criminal conviction.

Information on the number of staff employed and dismissed, including for reasons of attendance, performance and conduct in each London establishment from 2004 to 2008 is shown in the following tables. The tables show the dismissals, split by age and ethnicity.

Staff in post 28 February 2009
Location	Function	Operational capacity	Staff employed
Belmarsh	Male local	910	963
Brixton	Male local	798	353
Feltham	Male closed YOI	762	738
Holloway	Female local	500	520
Latchmere House	Semi open	207	84
Pentonville	Male local	1,152	626
Wandsworth	Male local	1,644	707
Wormwood Scrubs	Male local	1,277	586

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Dismissals from London establishments by age—2004 - 08
		Age at leaving
Year of leaving	Establishment	<20	20-29	30-39	40-49	50-60	>60	Total
2004	Belmarsh	0	0	1	4	1	0	6
	Brixton	0	1	0	4	0	0	5
	Feltham	0	2	3	2	2	0	9
	Holloway	0	1	5	6	1	0	13
	Latchmere House	0	1	0	1	1	0	3
	Pentonville	0	1	1	1	2	0	5
	Wandsworth	0	0	5	3	0	0	8
	Wormwood Scrubs	0	6	5	7	4	0	22
	2004 total	0	12	20	28	11	0	71
2005	Belmarsh	0	1	1	2	0	0	4
	Brixton	0	2	2	4	4	0	12
	Feltham	0	1	5	3	1	0	10
	Holloway	0	2	1	4	4	0	11
	Latchmere House	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
	Pentonville	0	5	2	4	1	0	12
	Wandsworth	0	1	1	2	1	0	5
	Wormwood Scrubs	0	1	5	3	3	0	12
	2005 total	0	13	17	23	14	0	67
2006	Belmarsh	0	0	1	1	2	0	4
	Brixton	0	2	2	5	0	0	9
	Feltham	0	2	1	7	3	1	14
	Holloway	0	2	4	6	4	0	16
	Latchmere House	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Pentonville	0	2	5	5	2	1	15
	Wandsworth	0	4	5	4	1	0	14
	Wormwood Scrubs	0	1	2	3	0	0	6
	2006 total	0	13	20	31	12	2	78
2007	Belmarsh	0	0	1	2	4	0	7
	Brixton	0	0	2	0	1	1	4
	Feltham	0	0	3	4	0	0	7
	Holloway	0	1	1	2	1	0	5
	Latchmere House	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
	Pentonville	1	2	4	5	4	0	16
	Wandsworth	0	2	8	5	0	2	17
	Wormwood Scrubs	0	2	6	1	0	0	9
	2007 total	1	7	26	19	10	3	66
2008	Belmarsh	1	2	3	4	3	0	13
	Brixton	0	2	1	1	2	0	6
	Feltham	0	1	3	2	1	0	7
	Holloway	0	1	0	1	2	0	4
	Latchmere House	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
	Pentonville	0	3	2	4	3	0	12
	Wandsworth	0	3	6	6	2	2	19
	Wormwood Scrubs	0	3	0	1	0	0	4
	2008 total	1	15	15	20	13	2	66
	Grand total	2	60	98	121	60	7	348

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