Prison Officers

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what is the number of prison officers currently engaged at each penal establishment in England and Wales at the latest date available;(2) how many prison officers were engaged at each penal establishment in England and Wales on

(a) 31 December 1984, (b) 31 December 1983, (c) 31 December 1982 and (d) 31 December 1981.

The number of prison officer grades employed at penal establishments in England and Wales on (a) 31 December 1984, (b) 31 December 1983, (c) 31 December 1982, (d) 31 December 1981 and 1 July 1985 is listed as follows:

	(a)	(b)	(c)	(d)	1 July 1985
Arklington	147	151	155	143	160
Albany	332	257	271	285	322
Aldington	37	40	36	38	38
Ashford	198	196	211	211	198
Ashwell	61	68	63	58	69
Askham Grange	42	41	41	43	45
Aylesbury	140	121	115	120	143

	(a)	(b)	(c)	(d)	1 July 1985
Bedford	181	169	154	156	175
Birmingham	403	406	348	357	376
Blantyre House	42	43	44	45	55
Blundeston	144	144	132	133	146
Brockhill	95	97	79	73	93
Buckley Hall	39	44	47	45	41
Bullwood Hall	65	77	74	84	80
Camp Hill	174	195	204	195	180
Campsfield House	38	37	35	36	35
Canterbury	179	162	159	159	179
Cardiff	206	219	196	205	209
Channings Wood	139	150	128	126	151
Chelmsford	164	170	165	154	154
Coldingley	157	145	144	151	156
Cookham Wood	51	55	54	46	47
Dartmoor	225	216	204	217	218
Deerbolt	106	113	106	100	115
Dorchester	98	91	88	86	93
Dover	95	108	106	117	99
Drake Hall	75	72	62	68	69
Durham	364	371	369	387	357
East Sutton Park	23	24	25	23	24
Eastwood Park	53	50	49	48	48
Erlestoke	91	92	84	78	94
Everthorpe	113	104	101	103	110
Exeter	221	224	215	213	205
Featherstone	138	132	134	139	136
Feltham	167	161	134	145	153
Finnamore Wood	18	17	19	19	21
Ford	102	98	95	97	98
Foston Hall	39	37	39	37	35
Frankland	349	333	280	15	352
Gartree	273	253	213	228	257
Glen Parva	253	240	245	229	236
Gloucester	131	135	129	133	127
Grendon	159	154	150	138	153
Gringley	27	27	26	25	27
Guys Marsh	74	68	63	65	74
Haslar	46	45	46	45	44
Hatfield	70	59	59	63	68
Haverigg	104	102	96	107	101
Hewell Grange	55	50	47	58	58
Highpoint	178	148	76	75	192
Hindley	114	110	102	100	109
Hollesley Bay	221	221	154	150	214
Holloway	384	292	309	221	342
Hull	249	246	251	274	241
Huntercombe	59	61	62	63	57
Kingston	62	58	66	64	62
Kirkham	80	77	78	98	79
Kirklevington	49	49	46	47	47
Lancaster	95	90	91	90	91
Latchmere House	80	76	76	81	77
Leeds	373	352	350	341	381
Leicester	232	218	204	216	215
Lewes	203	196	191	195	196
Leyhill	65	61	56	55	58
Lincoln	224	223	207	210	226
Liverpool	404	394	402	419	403
Long Lartin	314	319	317	331	308
Lowdham Grange	86	84	90	91	85
Low Newton	123	116	106	106	116
Maidstone	184	197	194	202	188
Manchester	513	457	425	447	506
Medomsley	45	41	39	40	45
New Hall	43	42	41	42	40
Northallerton	82	81	77	80	81
Northeye	98	94	91	91	94
North sea camp	63	62	60	62	60
Norwich	242	236	228	236	226
Nottingham	136	133	110	107	123
Onley	155	153	145	151	146
Oxford	103	106	102	106	103
Parkhurst	306	305	301	302	302
Pentonville	335	320	325	336	336
Portland	166	164	157	158	164

	(a)	(b)	(c)	(d)	1 July 1985
Preston	132	146	137	148	128
Pucklechurch	115	110	103	114	109
Ranby	120	122	118	119	114
Reading	108	144	140	141	137
Risley	463	443	445	441	469
Rochester	134	144	142	139	126
Rudgate	60	60	59	58	56
Send	46	44	44	43	41
Shepton Mallet	83	84	77	79	78
Shrewsbury	93	103	98	103	91
Stafford	210	213	192	203	169
Stanford Hill	106	114	108	109	111
Stoke Heath	138	132	121	131	142
Styal	149	132	132	134	132
Sudbury	65	70	69	71	66
Swansea	160	144	127	128	144
Swinfen Hall	103	100	87	81	102
Thorp Arch	98	97	101	101	101
Usk	85	81	75	75	80
The Verne	132	132	131	125	132
Wakefield	424	406	388	386	407
Wandsworth	412	372	335	331	408
Wayland	—	—	—	—	135
Wellingborough	136	121	110	111	134
Werrington House	45	43	36	37	43
Wetherby	79	78	70	70	71
Whatton	75	78	81	81	77
Winchester	281	275	277	261	255
Wormwood Scrubs	522	464	464	513	522
Wymott	216	210	202	201	217

Volume 83: debated on Thursday 25 July 1985