Justice written question – answered on 14th June 2007.
Henry Bellingham
Shadow Minister (Justice)
To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice how many staff vacancies there are at each (a) prison establishment, (b) HM Prison Service area and (c) private sector prison; and if she will make a statement.
Gerry Sutcliffe
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice
The shortfall against staffing requirements across the public and private sector Prison Service is shown in the following tables.
| A. Shortfall of staffing availability against requirement by establishment 30 April 2007—Public Sector | ||
| Prison | Shortfall on unified( 1 ) staffing requirement having included CSH( 2) | Shortfall on non-unified staffing requirement having included agency staff |
| Acklington | — | — |
| Albany | — | 13 |
| Ashwell | 5 | 13 |
| Askham Grange | — | 3 |
| Aylesbury | 5 | 8 |
| Bedford | — | 13 |
| Belmarsh | — | 36 |
| Birmingham | 10 | 23 |
| Blakenhurst | 6 | 18 |
| Blantyre House | 1 | 2 |
| Blundeston | — | 4 |
| Brinsford | 15 | 1 |
| Bristol | 7 | 6 |
| Brixton | 18 | 9 |
| Brockhill | 8 | — |
| Buckley Hall | 3 | — |
| Bullingdon | 1 | 5 |
| Bullwood Hall | 1 | 16 |
| Camp Hill | 4 | — |
| Canterbury | 2 | 8 |
| Cardiff | 6 | 10 |
| Castington | 6 | 6 |
| Channings Wood | — | 4 |
| Chelmsford | 9 | 10 |
| Coldingley | 3 | 6 |
| Cookham wood/East Sutton Park | 2 | 11 |
| Dartmoor | — | 4 |
| Deerbolt | 4 | 2 |
| Dorchester | 4 | 3 |
| Dover | 6 | — |
| Downview | 3 | 1 |
| Drake Hall | 3 | 1 |
| Durham | 7 | 12 |
| Eastwood Park | — | 16 |
| Edmunds Hill | 1 | 6 |
| Elmley | — | 2 |
| Erlestoke | 5 | 15 |
| Everthorpe | — | 8 |
| Exeter | 5 | 4 |
| Featherstone | 10 | — |
| Feltham | 2 | 87 |
| Ford | 5 | 12 |
| Foston Hall | 5 | 4 |
| Frankland | 12 | 37 |
| Full Sutton | 18 | 2 |
| Garth | — | 30 |
| Gartree | 2 | 11 |
| Glen Parva | 8 | 25 |
| Gloucester | 6 | — |
| Grendon | 10 | 4 |
| Guys Marsh | 14 | 8 |
| Haslar | 2 | 3 |
| Haverigg | — | — |
| Hewell Grange | 1 | 3 |
| High Down | 31 | 19 |
| Highpoint | 7 | 9 |
| Hindley | — | 7 |
| Hollesley Bay | — | 4 |
| Holloway | 12 | 9 |
| Holme House | — | — |
| Hull | 13 | — |
| Huntercombe | 6 | 9 |
| Kingston | 3 | 1 |
| Kirkham | 5 | 19 |
| Kirklevington Grange | — | 1 |
| Lancaster | — | — |
| Lancaster Farms | — | — |
| Latchmere House | 1 | 10 |
| Leeds | — | 10 |
| Leicester | — | 10 |
| Lewes | — | 9 |
| Leyhill | 1 | 18 |
| Lincoln | 4 | — |
| Lindholme | — | — |
| Littlehey | — | 8 |
| Liverpool | 8 | — |
| Long Lartin | 3 | 9 |
| Low Newton | — | 5 |
| Maidstone | — | 10 |
| Manchester | — | 46 |
| Moorland | — | — |
| Morton Hall | — | — |
| New Hall | 2 | 3 |
| North Sea Camp | 2 | 1 |
| Northallerton | 5 | 3 |
| Norwich | — | 13 |
| Nottingham | 13 | 9 |
| Onley | 8 | 12 |
| Parkhurst | 4 | 6 |
| Pentonville | — | 3 |
| Portland | 1 | — |
| Preston | — | — |
| Ranby | 12 | 8 |
| Reading | — | 1 |
| Risley | — | — |
| Rochester | — | — |
| Send | 6 | 4 |
| Shepton Mallet | — | 1 |
| Shrewsbury | 3 | — |
| Stafford | 5 | 14 |
| Standford Hill | — | — |
| Stocken | — | 3 |
| Stoke Heath | 14 | 5 |
| Styal | — | 20 |
| Sudbury | 2 | 9 |
| Swaleside | — | 2 |
| Swansea | 3 | — |
| Swinfen Hall | 0 | 23 |
| The Mount | 6 | 9 |
| The Verne | 3 | 14 |
| Thorn Cross | 2 | 1 |
| Usk/Prescoed | 1 | 5 |
| Wakefield | 21 | 39 |
| Wandsworth | 6 | 84 |
| Warren Hill | 0 | — |
| Wayland | — | 2 |
| Wealstun | — | 5 |
| Wellingborough | 6 | 15 |
| Werrington | 6 | 4 |
| Wetherby | 11 | 12 |
| Whatton | 3 | 11 |
| Whitemoor | — | 49 |
| Winchester | — | — |
| Woodhill | 18 | 32 |
| Wormwood Scrubs | 4 | — |
| Wymott | — | 14 |
| Sheppey Reducing Reoffending | 18 | — |
| B. Shortfall of staffing availability against requirement by operational area 30 April 2007—Public Sector | ||
| Area | Shortfall on unified staffing requirement having included CSH | Shortfall on non-unified staffing requirement having included agency staff |
| East Midlands | 68 | 130 |
| Eastern | 22 | 91 |
| High security prisons | 71 | 249 |
| Kent and Sussex | 32 | 55 |
| London | 42 | 201 |
| North East | 17 | 26 |
| North West | 17 | 90 |
| South Central | 75 | 77 |
| South West | 44 | 92 |
| Wales | 10 | 15 |
| West Midlands | 77 | 89 |
| Yorkshire and Humberside | 31 | 42 |
| (1) Unified staff are officer grade staff and operational managers. (2) CSH—Contracted supplementary hours. Notes on public sector prison figures: 1. The shortfall is shown after accounting for the contribution of contracted supplementary hours and agency staff. 2. The totals have not been offset by surpluses at other locations but have been offset by surpluses in individual grades within one site. 3. A dash represents an establishment that is either fully staffed or reporting a surplus. A zero represents a shortfall of a fraction of a post that rounds to zero. 4. The columns in the table cannot sensibly be added together to find an overall level of shortfall. This is because dashes represent either no shortfall or an unstated level of surplus that could be used to offset overall staffing variances. 5 The information is derived from the Personnel Corporate Database, Oracle HRMS and quarterly forecast change forms. These systems are liable to the normal inaccuracies associated with any large-scale reporting systems. | ||
| C. Short fall of staffing availability against requirement by establishment 31 March 2007—Private Sector | ||
| Shortfall on staffing requirement | ||
| Prison | Operational | Non-operational |
| Altcourse (GSL) | 10 | 8 |
| Ashfield (SERCO) | 15 | 19 |
| Bronzefield (KALYX) | 11 | 4 |
| Doncaster (SERCO) | 6 | 12 |
| Dovegate (SERCO) | 12 | 4 |
| Forest Bank (KALYX) | 6 | 4 |
| Lowdham Grange (SERCO) | 9 | 12 |
| PARC (G4S) | 0 | 15 |
| Peterborough (KALYX) | 0 | 15 |
| Rye Hill (GSL) | 2 | 0 |
| Wolds (GSL) | 12 | 1 |
Yes2 people think so
No2 people think not
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