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Mr. Thomas Cox
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the estimated cost of training a prison officer.
Mr. Brittan
If, as I assume, the hon. Member has in mind the eight-week residential phase of a prison officers' initial training, the current estimated cost of this is about £1,100 per officer.
Mr. Thomas Cox
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the grades of the 1,322 prison officers who have resigned from the prison service during the last three years.
Mr. Brittan
The information is as follows:
| Officers | 1,276 |
| Senior Officers | 23 |
| Principal Officers | 13 |
| Chief Officer II | 1 |
| Engineers II | 4 |
| Engineers I | 4 |
| Foreman of Works | 1 |
| Total: | 1,322 |