HMP Whitemoor: Discrimination
Justice
Written answers and statements, 13 January 2009
Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire, Conservative)
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of
Shahid Malik (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Ministry of Justice; Dewsbury, Labour)
Information held locally by the establishment is only readily available for the period since 2001-02. The table lists those cases involving complaints made by prison officers about fellow officers.
| Year | Number of cases | Type of complaint | Complaint upheld/dismissed |
| 2001-02 | 2 | Racial discrimination | Upheld |
| 2002-03 | 1 | Sexual harassment | Upheld |
| 2003-04 | 1 | Sexual discrimination | Dismissed |
| 1 | Sexual discrimination | Partially upheld | |
| 2004-05 | 1 | Racial discrimination | Upheld |
| 2005-06 | None | — | — |
| 2006-07 | 3 | Racial discrimination | Upheld |
| 1 | Racial discrimination(1) | Upheld | |
| 2 | Racial discrimination | Dismissed | |
| 2007-08 | 1 | Homophobic behaviour | Upheld |
| 1 | Sexual harassment | Partially upheld | |
| 2008-09(2) | None | ||
| (1) This case also involved complaints made against staff from other areas of the Prison Service. (2) To end 12/2008 | |||
Payments were made in two of these cases which were both the subjects of confidentiality agreements. To identify amounts paid, or which cases were involved would breach that agreement, and may enable individuals to be identified.