House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 02 Sep 2013 (pt 0008)

Prison Service

Sadiq Khan: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) on how many occasions employees of the Prison Service have been (a) charged and (b) found guilty of each category of criminal activity in the workplace in each year since 2010; [156689]

(2) how many times and for what offences employees of the Prison Service have been charged with criminal activity in the workplace in each year since 2010. [156653]

Jeremy Wright: The National Offender Management Service (NOMS) does not hold records of employees charged with criminal activity.

Whilst the vast majority of its staff are honest and hard working, the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) is committed to detecting, deterring and disrupting any and all corrupt behaviour by individuals working in prisons. A dedicated NOMS Corruption Prevention Unit was set up to ensure staff corruption is identified and tackled. As part of this work NOMS has compiled a central record of staff convicted of offences which meet the NOMS definition of corruption.

This definition is that corruption occurs when a person in a position of authority or trust abuses their position for their or another person's benefit or gain.

Therefore the NOMS central record does not include all types of criminality as not all offences meet the definition. No central data exist prior to 2008. Sentences handed down to individuals working in prisons since 2010 is given in the following table.

Breakdown by year of convictions of staff (for corruption related offences)
	Convictions
2010	18
2011	20
2012	25
2013 (to date)	11

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Total

The information provided has been drawn from live administrative data systems which may be amended at any time. 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.

Ian Lavery: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what changes in the level of National Offender Management Service staffing at each prison establishment have been achieved as a consequence of the Comprehensive Spending Review; and if he will make a statement. [161448]

Jeremy Wright: Since the start of the current Spending Review period (2011-2012 to 2014-2015), NOMS has taken a wide-ranging strategic approach to meet the financial challenges set, including a comprehensive restructuring of Headquarters and the wider organisational structure; significant frontline efficiencies across public prisons and probation, whilst maintaining safe, decent and secure offender services; reconfiguring the prison estate and the closure of prison establishments; clear, specified front-line services, with comprehensive costing information to identify efficient cost models and challenge and eliminate expensive delivery; and reduced contract costs.

Over the two years since the start of the Spending Review, NOMS has successfully delivered £475 million cashable savings against the 2010-2011 baseline budget position, whilst maintaining high levels of performance. Since April 2011, there have been changes in staffing levels at each prison establishment but it is not possible to attribute any of these changes in staffing levels specifically to the consequences of the Comprehensive Spending Review.

Sadiq Khan: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people were employed in the Prison Service, by rank, on 1 June (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012 and (d) 2013. [161684]

Jeremy Wright: Information on the number of staff directly employed by NOMS in public sector Prison Service establishments, broken down by grade, is contained in the following table:

Table 1. Headcount staff in post in the public sector Prison Service, excluding NOMS HQ by grade—31 May 2010, 2011, 2012 and 30 April 2013
Grade grouping		31 May 2010	31 May 2011	31 May 2012	30 April 2013
Operational	Senior Managers	200	200	200	190
	Managers	990	940	890	840
	Principal Officer	940	790	650	630
	Senior Officer	3,920	3,670	3,460	3,150
	Prison Officer	20,390	20,250	19,170	18,140
	Operational Support grade	7,840	7,580	7,090	6,580
Operational total		34,280	33,420	31,450	29,530

Non Operational	Senior Civil Servant	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
	Senior Managers	50	40	30	30

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	Managers	1,100	960	880	800
	Executive Officer	800	730	690	660
	Administrative Officer	3,750	3,800	3,640	3,380
	Administrative Assistant	360	370	350	380
	Other Admin	390	350	320	190
	Psychology	890	930	930	850
	Chaplaincy	380	380	360	340
	Healthcare—Nursing grades	380	300	210	140
	Healthcare—Other healthcare	60	60	40	20
	Industrial	3,490	3,380	3,190	2,920
	Other grades	1,390	1,370	1,280	1,150
Non Operational total		13,040	13,040	12,660	11,920

Grand total		47,320	46,080	43,370	40,390
¹Denotes suppressed values of five or fewer. Notes: 1. Information relates to Public Sector Prison Service establishments and regionally organised staff directly providing services to establishments. NOMS HQ is not included. The definition of NOMS HQ has recently been altered to exclude more regionally based units. This means that the totals given in this answer do not necessarily agree with previous answers which used the more wide-ranging definition of headquarters. 2. In April 2012 a new system of pay-bands was introduced for new recruits. The figures relating to 2012 and 2013 therefore include some staff working in the new banding structure. For the purposes of this table those staff are allocated to the equivalent grade grouping. 3. In October 2011 HMP Birmingham transferred to the private sector causing a reduction of 639 staff. 4. Over the period being reported the number of healthcare staff directly employed by NOMS has fallen as a result of the transfer of staff employment to primary care trusts. 5. As with all HR databases, extracts are taken at a fixed point in time, to ensure consistency of reporting. However the database itself is dynamic, and where updates to the database are made late, subsequent to the taking of the extract, these updates will not be reflected in figures produced by the extract. For this reason, HR data are unlikely to be precisely accurate, and to present unrounded figures would be to overstate the accuracy of the figures. Rounding to 10 accurately depicts the level of certainty that is held with these figures. 6. All figures are rounded to the nearest 10. Totals and changes are formed from unrounded parts and may therefore not equal either sum of or difference between the rounded totals.

Private sector establishments are managed by contractors with different grading structures. Information provided on private sector establishments by the individual contractors is presented in the following tables:

Table 2: Headcount of G4S staff in Prison Service establishments by grade, 1 June 2010 to 2013
Grade (G4S)	1 June 2010	1 June 2011	1 June 2012	1 June 2013
2	130	¹—	¹—	¹—
3	60	¹—	¹—	¹—
4	20	¹—	¹—	¹—
5	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
1A	130	¹—	¹—	¹—
IB	10	¹—	¹—	¹—
Band 1	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
Band 3	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
C2	¹—	¹—	¹—	10
CAS	¹—	60	50	50
Dl	¹—	10	10	10
D2	¹—	20	30	20
D2 (Operational)	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
El	10	50	70	70
El (Operational)	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
E2	10	160	190	190
E2 (Operational)	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
F	¹—	150	180	190
F1	80	160	180	180
F1 (Operational)	¹—	20	20	¹—
F2	60	90	90	80
Non Banded Operative	20	30	80	10
Non Banded Supervisor/Team Leader	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
0	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
00	¹—	20	20	30
01	20	20	¹—	¹—
02	220	330	330	320
OTR	¹—	¹—	380	330
TR	¹—	¹—	160	130

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N/A	960	650	860	930
(blank)	¹—	¹—	160	100
Grand total	1,740	1,800	2,830	2,650
¹ Denotes suppressed values of five or fewer Notes: 1. Information presented in grade structure of contractor and reflects changes in grade structure over the period. 2. All figures are rounded to the nearest 10. Totals and changes are formed from unrounded parts and may therefore not equal either sum or difference of the rounded totals.

Table 3: Headcount of Sodexo staff in Prison Service establishments by grade—1 June 2010 to 2013
Grade	1 June 2010	1 June 2011	1June 2012	1 June 2013
Operational Managers	70	60	50	50
Principal Officer	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
Senior Officers	110	no	110	100
Prison Officers	680	690	620	630
Operational Support Grades	100	110	130	150
Non-operational Managers	20	30	30	30
Administration Grade	120	160	160	160
Other staff	300	290	280	280
Total	1,400	1,440	1,380	1,400
Notes: 1. Information presented as far as possible in the grade structure of public sector. 2. All figures are rounded to the nearest 10. Totals and changes are formed from unrounded parts and may therefore not equal either sum or difference of the rounded totals.

Table 4: Headcount of Serco staff in Prison Service establishments by grade—1 June 2010 to 2013
Grade	1 June 2010	1 June 2011	1 June 2012	1 June 2013
Managers	120	110	190	180
Prison Custody Officers	470	460	870	900
Others	520	490	620	600
Total	1,100	1,060	1,680	1,680
¹ Denotes suppressed values of 5 or fewer. Notes: 1. The contractor does not hold information for HMP Lowdham Grange for 2010 and 2011. 2. All figures are rounded to the nearest 10. Totals and changes are formed from unrounded parts and may therefore not equal either sum or difference of the rounded totals.

Jenny Chapman: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the average ratio of prison officers to inmates in prisons in England and Wales was in June (a) 2009. (b) 2010, (c) 2011, (d) 2012 and (e) 2013. [164834]

Jeremy Wright: It is standard practice to produce staffing ratios as the total number of prisoners divided by the total number of prison officers employed. Information on the ratio of prisoners to prison officers in the public sector and prison custody officers in the private sector in establishments of the Prison Service of England and Wales on 30 June 2009 to 2012 is contained in the table. Data are not yet published as at 30 June 2013.

A number of factors have influenced the prisoner to officer ratio in recent years. Each of these has enabled establishments to operate effectively with an increased prisoner to officer ratio. These include:

the civilianisation of services previously undertaken by uniformed prison officers, such as health care and catering

closures of older accommodation enabling prisoners to be held in generally larger and more efficient prisons gaining economies of scale in respect of prisoner-staff ratios

general efficiencies and benchmarking that have sought to make the most effective use of officer time and deployment

Prisoner to Prison Officer/Prison Custody Officer Ratio—30 June 2009 to 2012
	As at 30 June:
	2009	2010	2011	2012
Officers	22,415	22,275	21,998	21,404
Population	82,646	84,089	84,339	86,048
Ratio	3.7	3.8	3.8	4.0
Notes: 1. The ratio of Prison Officers to prisoners is based on the headcount of prisoners to the Prison Officer Full Time Equivalent. As Prison Officers work shift patterns, the ratio does not indicate the actual number of prisoners per Prison Officer on duty at any given point in time. 2. Staffing information for HMP Lowdham Grange is not available from the current contractor prior to 2012. The establishment has therefore been excluded from the ratio calculation prior to 2012. 3. Officers working in the public sector in headquarters or regional structures are not included. 4. Private sector staffing numbers refer to prison custody officers and have been provided by individual contractors.

Ian Lavery: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what changes there have been in capital expenditure budgets of each prison in the UK since April 2010. [166536]

Jeremy Wright: Capital expenditure budgets are not given to individual prisons. Budgets for capital expenditure are managed at regional and national level and are subject to rigorous assessment and governance, and money is allocated to projects on a priority basis.

Note:

The Ministry of Justice is responsible only for prisons in England and Wales.

Prison Service: North East

Grahame M. Morris: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 3 July 2013, Official Report, column 642W, on Prison Service: North East, (1) what the equivalent figures were for all other prisons in England and Wales; [166486]

(2) how many staff were employed at each establishment in each of the identified grades. [166485]

Jeremy Wright: The response to the question provided the number of staff who had received an exceeded marking on their staff personal development record for 2011-12 in the North East region. The equivalent information for all public sector Prison Service establishments is provided in table 1. Staff numbers at each of the grades specified at 31 March 2012 are provided in table 2.

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Table 1: Number of staff in post in public sector Prison Service establishments receiving an exceeded marking on staff personal development record, broken down by grade and establishment, 2011-12
Establishment	Operational support grades	Officers	Operational manager and senior managers	Administrative grades	Other grades	Total
Askham Grange	—	10	—	—	—	20
Aylesbury	—	30	—	—	—	40
Bedford	—	20	—	20	—	50
Belmarsh	10	80	10	20	10	130
Blantyre House	—	—	—	—	—	10
Blundeston	—	10	—	10	10	40
Brinsford	—	10	—	—	—	20
Bristol	—	20	—	—	—	30
Brixton	—	10	—	—	—	10
Buckley Hall	—	10	—	10	10	40
Bullingdon	—	70	10	30	20	140
Bullwood Hall	—	10	—	10	—	20
Bure	10	40	—	20	10	100
Canterbury	10	20	—	10	10	50
Cardiff	—	40	10	30	20	90
Channings Wood	10	80	—	40	30	160
Chelmsford	—	30	10	20	10	60
Coldingley	—	10	—	10	10	40
Cookham Wood	—	30	—	20	—	60
Dartmoor	10	30	—	20	10	80
Deerbolt	—	20	—	20	10	60
Dorchester	—	30	—	10	—	40
Dover	—	10	—	10	—	30
Downview	—	10	—	10	—	30
Drake Hall	—	10	—	10	—	30
Durham	—	50	10	40	10	110
East Sutton Park	—	—	—	10	—	20
Eastwood Park	10	40	—	20	10	90
Elmley	10	50	—	—	—	60
Erlestoke and Shepton Mallet	—	10	—	10	10	40
Everthorpe	—	20	—	20	10	60
Exeter	—	40	10	30	—	80
Featherstone	—	10	10	20	20	60
Feltham	—	30	—	10	—	40
Ford	—	—	—	10	10	20
Foston Hall	—	20	—	10	—	30
Frankland	10	100	10	50	60	220
Full Sutton	10	50	10	30	20	130
Garth	10	10	—	20	10	50
Gartree	—	20	—	20	20	60
Glen Parva	—	40	10	20	20	100
Gloucester	—	30	—	20	—	50
Grendon	—	20	10	20	10	50
Guys Marsh	—	30	—	20	30	80
Haslar	—	10	—	—	—	20
Haverigg	10	10	—	20	10	60
Hewell	10	50	—	30	10	110
High Down	—	20	10	20	10	50
Highpoint	10	50	10	60	30	160
Hindley	10	40	10	10	10	90
Hollesley Bay	—	10	—	10	—	30
Holloway	—	10	—	10	—	30
Holme House	10	100	10	40	30	190
Hull	10	70	10	20	20	120
Huntercombe	—	20	—	10	20	60
Isis	—	—	—	—	—	10
Isle of Wight	10	40	—	40	10	100
Kennet	—	30	—	10	10	60
Kingston	—	10	—	10	10	30
Kirkham	—	10	—	20	10	50
Kirklevington Grange	—	20	—	10	10	40
Lancaster Farms	—	30	10	20	10	80
Leeds	10	70	—	30	10	130

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Leicester	—	10	—	—	10	20
Lewes	10	40	—	10	—	60
Leyhill	10	30	10	30	20	90
Lincoln	—	20	—	20	10	60
Lindholme	10	40	10	50	30	140
Littlehey	—	30	10	20	20	80
Liverpool	10	70	10	20	10	120
Long Lartin	10	40	10	30	10	100
Low Newton	—	20	10	20	—	50
Maidstone	—	20	10	10	—	40
Manchester	10	110	10	50	40	220
Moorland	10	70	10	30	30	150
Morton Hall	—	10	—	—	—	20
New Hall	10	50	10	30	20	120
North Sea Camp	—	—	—	10	10	30
Northallerton	—	30	—	20	—	50
Northumberland	10	60	10	50	20	140
Norwich	—	10	10	10	10	30
Nottingham	20	40	—	20	10	100
Onley	10	20	—	10	—	40
Pentonville	—	30	—	10	10	50
Portland	10	30	—	20	10	70
Preston	10	40	10	20	—	70
Ranby	—	20	10	20	20	80
Reading	—	10	—	—	—	20
Risley	—	40	10	30	30	110
Rochester	10	40	—	20	20	90
Send	—	10	—	10	—	30
Sheppey Central Services	10	30	—	20	30	100
Shrewsbury	—	10	—	10	10	50
Stafford	10	50	10	20	40	120
Standford Hill	—	10	—	10	—	30
Stocken	—	30	—	20	10	60
Stoke Heath	—	50	10	10	20	100
Styal	10	30	10	20	20	80
Sudbury	—	20	—	20	10	50
Swaleside	—	60	—	20	10	90
Swansea	—	30	—	10	10	50
Swinfen Hall	10	60	—	20	10	110
The Mount	10	30	—	20	10	80
The Verne	10	10	—	10	—	30
Thorn Cross	—	10	—	20	10	50
Usk/Prescoed	—	10	—	10	—	30
Wakefield	10	50	10	20	30	130
Wandsworth	—	60	—	20	—	90
Warren Hill	—	20	10	20	—	50
Wayland	10	60	10	20	20	120
Wealstun	10	20	10	20	20	70
Wellingborough	—	10	—	10	10	40
Werrington	—	10	—	—	—	20
Wetherby	—	40	—	20	30	100
Whatton	10	30	—	20	20	90
Whitemoor	10	50	10	40	20	120
Winchester	—	10	—	10	10	30
Woodhill	—	40	10	20	10	80
Wormwood Scrubs	—	20	—	10	—	40
Wymott	10	40	—	30	30	120

Total	560	3,650	580	2,230	1,400	8,420
Note: ‘—’denotes suppressed values of five or fewer. Low numbers are suppressed, in conjunction with the rounding policy to prevent disclosure in accordance with the Data Protection Act, 1998. All figures are rounded to the nearest 10. Totals are formed from unrounded parts prior to rounding. For this reason, rounded totals may not equal the sum of their rounded parts.

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Table 2: Number of staff in post in public sector Prison Service establishments broken down by grade and establishment, 31 March 2012
Establishment	Operational support grades	Officers	Operational manager and senior managers	Administrative grades	Other grades	Total
Askham Grange	10	20	—	10	10	60
Aylesbury	40	140	10	40	40	270
Bedford	30	140	—	50	20	250
Belmarsh	210	490	10	70	70	850
Blantyre House	10	30	—	10	10	60
Blundeston	40	140	10	30	50	270
Brinsford	50	220	10	40	50	370
Bristol	50	200	10	40	40	320
Brixton	50	200	10	40	20	320
Buckley Hall	30	100	10	30	20	200
Bullingdon	60	260	10	70	50	450
Bullwood Hall	20	70	—	20	20	130
Bure	50	150	10	40	40	280
Canterbury	40	100	—	20	20	180
Cardiff	40	260	10	50	70	440
Channings Wood	50	180	10	50	60	350
Chelmsford	60	210	10	40	50	370
Coldingley	40	120	10	30	40	230
Cookham Wood	30	130	—	30	20	220
Dartmoor	40	150	—	40	50	290
Deerbolt	60	170	10	50	40	330
Dorchester	20	110	10	20	20	180
Dover	50	130	10	20	40	250
Downview	30	110	—	30	20	200
Drake Hall	30	80	10	30	30	180
Durham	80	270	20	70	60	480
East Sutton Park	10	20	—	10	10	60
Eastwood Park	30	140	10	40	20	250
Erlestoke and Shpeton Mallet	80	180	10	50	60	370
Everthorpe	50	160	10	50	40	300
Exeter	30	170	10	40	40	280
Featherstone	50	150	10	50	70	320
Feltham	110	370	10	90	90	670
Ford	30	60	10	30	30	150
Foston Hall	40	110	—	20	10	190
Frankland	130	590	10	80	120	930
Full Sutton	130	420	20	50	100	720
Garth	70	250	10	40	90	470
Gartree	40	200	10	60	60	380
Glen Parva	60	240	10	60	40	410
Gloucester	30	120	—	40	20	210
Grendon	50	130	10	40	60	290
Guys Marsh	50	120	10	40	50	270
Haslar	10	50	—	10	30	100
Haverigg	60	140	10	50	60	310
Hewell	110	320	20	90	60	600
High Down	90	260	10	60	50	480
Highpoint	110	270	10	90	90	580
Hindley	50	250	20	50	50	420
Hollesley Bay	30	50	—	30	30	140
Holloway	70	200	10	50	40	380
Holme House	60	340	20	80	60	560
Hull	80	300	10	60	60	510
Huntercombe	30	100	10	30	40	220
Isis	30	160	10	50	10	250
Isle of Wight	130	420	10	110	140	810
Kennet	50	130	10	30	40	250
Kingston	10	60	—	20	30	120
Kirkham	40	80	10	40	50	210
Kirklevington Grange	30	50	—	30	20	130
Lancaster	—	—	—	—	—	—

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Lancaster Farms	60	200	10	50	40	360
Latchmere House	—	—	—	—	—	—
Leeds	90	350	10	60	50	560
Leicester	30	130	10	30	10	210
Lewes	70	200	10	40	20	350
Leyhill	30	70	10	50	50	200
Lincoln	60	190	10	40	20	320
Lindholme	100	220	20	70	60	460
Littlehey	90	250	10	60	100	510
Liverpool	110	320	10	60	60	560
Long Lartin	120	390	20	60	80	670
Low Newton	50	140	10	40	40	280
Maidstone	60	130	10	30	30	260
Manchester	160	470	10	70	120	820
Moorland	100	300	10	60	60	530
Morton Hall	50	120	10	20	20	220
New Hall	60	200	10	50	40	360
North Sea Camp	20	50	—	30	10	120
Northallerton	20	60	10	30	10	130
Northumberland	130	390	20	80	110	740
Norwich	60	190	10	50	50	360
Nottingham	100	310	10	70	40	520
Onley	50	150	10	70	40	310
Pentonville	80	360	10	60	40	550
Portland	60	180	10	50	50	340
Preston	70	260	10	50	30	430
Ranby	90	230	10	60	70	460
Reading	30	100	—	20	20	180
Risley	70	270	10	50	60	470
Rochester	60	220	10	50	60	400
Send	30	90	10	30	20	180
Sheppey Cluster	180	700	20	190	130	1,220
Shrewsbury	40	110	—	30	30	210
Stafford	60	180	10	40	70	360
Stocken	60	200	10	60	30	350
Stoke Heath	60	220	10	50	60	400
Styal	50	170	10	40	30	300
Sudbury	30	60	—	30	20	150
Swansea	20	140	10	40	40	260
Swinfen Hall	70	190	—	40	60	360
The Mount	50	150	10	60	50	310
The Verne	50	100	10	40	50	260
Thorn Cross	20	90	—	30	30	180
Usk/Prescoed	30	90	—	30	30	180
Wakefield	120	410	20	60	80	680
Wandsworth	110	390	10	90	70	670
Warren Hill	30	140	10	40	30	240
Wayland	60	220	10	50	70	400
Wealstun	70	200	10	60	70	420
Wellingborough	50	140	10	50	20	260
Werrington	30	90	—	30	20	180
Wetherby	60	240	10	50	50	420
Whatton	80	190	10	60	50	380
Whitemoor	120	380	10	80	90	700
Winchester	50	180	—	50	30	320
Woodhill	130	430	20	70	70	720
Wormwood Scrubs	80	320	20	70	70	570
Wymott	80	270	10	60	90	510

Total	7,100	23,350	1,040	5,660	5,630	42,780
Note: ‘—’ denotes suppressed values of five or fewer. Low numbers are suppressed, in conjunction with the rounding policy to prevent disclosure in accordance with the Data Protection Act, 1998. All figures are rounded to the nearest 10. Totals are formed from unrounded parts prior to rounding. For this reason, rounded totals may not equal the sum of their rounded parts.

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