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Mr. Crawford
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the average ratio of prison officers to prisoners in English prisons at the latest convenient date.
Dr. Summerskill
The ratio of the total prison officer class in post to prisoners in the penal establishments of England and Wales on 30th September 1978 was 1:2ยท66.