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Mr. Ian Bruce
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people are employed (a) directly and (b) indirectly by the Prison Service in the three prison establishments in Portland. [81254]
Mr. George Howarth
The information requested is given in the table.
| Prison service staff employed at Portland prisons as at 31 March 1999 | ||
| Prison | Number of directly employed staff | Number of indirectly employed staff1 |
| Portland | 285.5 | 71 |
| The Verne | 268 | 47.5 |
| Weare | 200 | 46 |
| 1These figures include: education staff, probation staff, healthcare staff, chaplaincy staff, drug counsellors, ship's crew (Weare), hairdressers and librarians. The figures do not include works contractors. | ||