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Prison Officers (Industrial Action)

Volume 977: debated on Monday 21 January 1980

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asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list all those penal institutions at which the prison officers are currently engaged in industrial action, indicating in each case the form of and stated reasons for the sanctions.

Industrial action by prison officers in discipline grades, mainly of a minor nature, is taking place in the following establishments:

  • Ashford,
  • Bedford,
  • Blundeston,
  • Brixton,
  • Gartree,
  • Latchmere House,
  • Leeds,
  • Leicester,
  • Liverpool,
  • Manchester,
  • Norwich,
  • Onley,
  • Pentonville,
  • Pucklechurch,
  • Ranby,
  • Risley,
  • Stafford,
  • Stoke Heath,
  • Sudbury,
  • Thorp Arch,
  • Wakefield,
  • Wandsworth,
  • Wellingborough,
  • Wormwood Scrubs.