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Prison Officers

Volume 205: debated on Friday 13 March 1992

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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many additional hours have been worked by prison officers, in each appropriate prison establishment, above those for which they have been contracted, and for which they are currently owed time off in lieu.

The latest readily available figures, for 5 January, show an average balance of 4.84 hours owed per officer. This is 34 per cent. less than the level at 1 September 1991. The situation varies in each establishment in line with a range of factors.The overall number of net additional hours per establishment and the average balance of hours owed per officer at each establishment is as follows.

EstablishmentBalance of hours 5 January 1992 (week 41)Balance of hours per office 5 January 1992
Category B
Blundeston1,2668·17
Coldingley-309-2·01
Cookham Wood2724·86
Dartmoor-787-3·27
Garth1,3736·18
Grendon4522·54
Kingston901·30
Maidstone8564·16
Nottingham1,0848·74
Styal59·52
Swaleside-204-·96
Total4,1522·40
Category C
Acklington-132-·71
Aldington1463·04
Ashwell1962·15
Blantyre House1172·35
Camp Hill3531·94
Channings Wood1-122-·84
Downview-144-1·26
Erlestoke4344·72
Everthorpe80·85
Haverigg2302·23
Highpoint8744·14
Lancaster5356·15
Lindholme-361-1·64
Littlehey1,3318·27
Northeye5427·63
Ranby7206·67
Risley (F)70·69
Risley (M)2,18214·64
Send-83-1·69
Shepton Mallet3303·88
Stafford7613·28
Stocken1,0467·93
The Mount4473·22
The Verne-179-1·17
Thorp Arch10·14
Wayland6073·94
Wellingborough2411·96
Whatton4015·49
Wymott117·55
Total10,7492·96
Local and Remand
Bedford660·33
Belmarsh2,5306·04
Birmingham-1,009-2·37
Bristol2460·88
Brixton18,34627·38
Brockhill-112-0·93
Bullingdon773·35

Establishment

Balance of hours 5 January 1992(week 41)

Balance of hours per officer 5 January 1992

Canterbury1,7369·09
Cardiff1,2815·74
Chelmsford8303·90
Dorchester-215-2·01
Durham3,7128·78
Exeter5682·59
Feltham1,4713·89
Gloucester1,62012·18
Haslar-186-3·96
Hindley2041·19
Holloway4151·40
Hull1390·51
Latchmere House751·27
Leeds2,4636·19
Leicester4,08817·18
Lewes1,4386·82
Lincoln5181·90
Liverpool2,9735·16
Low Newton9968·23
Manchester3,2088·89
Moorland-683-2·52
New Hall2572·16
Norwich8243·06
Oxford1,0709·39
Pentonville1,308-4·42
Preston2700·90
Pucklechurch2654·14
Reading2601·76
Rochester2631·50
Shrewsbury2,47116·36
Swansea2,04713·74
Wandsworth3,6687·58
Winchester1,2694·63
Local and Remand58,1515·90

Dispersal

Albany4,19012·74
Frankland8,76321·38
Full Sutton1,2142·30
Gartree-399-1·33
Long Lartin4,02011·59
Parkhurst3,4919·49
Wakefield100·02
Dispersal Total21,2897·77

Open

Askham Grange531·23
Drake Hall-305-4·62
Foston/Sudbury1,23815·28
Kirkham-28-0·38
Leyhill-127-1·63
Morton Hall1173·53
North Sea Camp1493·91
Rudgate-18-0·34
Standford Hill3264·18
Open Total1,4042·58

Closed YOI

Aylesbury3101·78
Bullwood Hall650·84
Castington-13-0·10
Deerbolt540·37
Dover1801·46
Eastwood Park3627·54
Hollesley Bay5472·99
Kirklevington1,05721·57
Northallerton911·01
Onley11,77110·42
Portland-131-0·83
Stoke Heath3202·19
Swinfen Hall7927·84
Usk/Prescoed-452-4·91
Werrington-574-14·00

Establishment

Balance of hours 5 January 1992 (week 41)

Balance of hours per officer 5 January 1992

Wetherby30·04
Closed YOI Total4,3822·43

Open YOI

East Sutton Pk-318-13·83
Guys Marsh-322-5·19
H'Combe/F'Wood5775·25
Hatfield-41-0·69
Hewell Grange1132·46
Thorn Cross-96-1·30
Open YOI Total-87-0·23
National Total100,0404·84

£ million

Expenditure

Terms

1986–87 outturn

1987–88 outturn

1988–89 outturn

1989–90 outturn

1990–91 outturn

1991–92 1outturn

1992–93 plans

1993–94 plans

1994–95 plans

Home Office—central Government's own expenditure—total voted in estimatesCash1,0721,1941,3691,6311,9662,1552,2272,3762,433
Real1,3991,4781,5811,7691,9662,0141,9922,0482,036
Total other non-votedCash22—14—162111
Real27—16—172111
Total central Government's own expenditureCash1,0721,2161,3561,6151,9672,1562,2272,3772,434
Real1,3991,5061,5661,7521,9672,0151,9922,0492,037
Total central Government grants to local authoritiesCash1,8902,0922,2392,5002,9643,4023,6043,8464,056
Real2,4672,5902,5862,7122,9643,1793,2233,3153,394
Credit approvalsCash739787101100131149161167
Real95120101110100122133139140
Total central Government support to local authoritiesCash1,9632,1902,3252,6013,0643,5333,7534,0074,223
Real2,5632,7122,6862,8223,0643,3023,3563,4543,534
Total Home OfficeCash3,0353,4053,6814,2165,0315,6895,9816,3846,656
Real3,9624,2164,2524,5745,0315,3175,3495,5035,570
Of which is voted in EstimatesCash2,9623,2863,6084,1314,9295,5585,8306,2226,489
Real3,8674,0694,1684,4814,9295,1945,2145,3635,431
Charity Commission— voted in Estimates (administration)Cash567101520222223
Real778111519201919
Total Home Office and Charity CommissionCash3,0403,4113,6884,2265,0455,7086,0026,4066,679
Real3,9694,2234,2604,5855,0455,3355,3685,5225,590
Total current local authority spendingCash4,0944,4744,9285,5636,2076,938
Real5,3455,5405,6936,0356,2076,484
Local authority net capital spendingCash120172208291250311
Real157213240316250291
Total local authority expenditureCash4,2144,6475,1365,8546,4577,249
Real5,5015,7545,9336,3516,4576,775

1 Estimated.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what are the reasons for the differences between the 1991–92 expenditure plans published last year in Cm 1509 and the 1991–92 totals for estimated outturn.