Information on the average number of working days taken as sick leave by officer grade staff in each prison establishment over the past five years is shown in the following table.
Working days lost per officer per year Establishment 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 Acklington 14.2 12.8 11.6 12.1 15.0 Albany 13.2 11.6 9.3 7.5 10.6 Ashwell 15.2 11.5 10.4 7.4 8.4 Askham Grange 19.4 6.9 8.5 10.0 4.9 Aylesbury 19.5 14.9 17.0 12.4 11.5 Bedford 19.9 8.0 11.6 10.2 8.0 Belmarsh 22.9 14.2 13.6 14.9 11.8 Birmingham 13.9 10.8 11.8 13.5 11.9 Blakenhurst 17.8 15.3 15.4 10.5 10.5 Blantyre House 8.2 10.0 8.6 5.9 7.5 Blundeston 14.0 22.0 15.7 16.8 9.0 Brinsford 11.8 13.8 13.8 14.9 9.7 Bristol 15.5 16.7 16.6 21.0 18.0 Brixton 20.8 19.4 19.5 19.4 9.1 Brockhill 27.6 20.9 20.2 23.5 22.7 Buckley Hall 22.9 21.3 15.1 14.9 14.0 Bullingdon 16.2 15.6 13.4 10.8 11.6 Bullwood Hall 6.1 12.2 10.2 10.8 9.9 Camp Hill 9.2 12.7 11.4 10.9 8.1 Canterbury 14.9 14.4 9.8 9.6 12.9 Cardiff 9.7 7.9 7.4 10.4 10.5 Castington 20.2 12.7 16.2 12.8 10.3 Channings Wood 14.3 20.9 14.8 16.9 12.5 Chelmsford 14.7 13.2 10.1 8.1 7.8 Coldingley 10.2 12.0 14.5 13.6 9.1 Cookham Wood 16.2 28.0 16.5 12.6 13.1 Dartmoor 23.5 20.4 16.3 13.5 10.9 Deerbolt 17.3 8.8 14.5 11.6 15.9 Dorchester 15.9 13.5 10.9 16.7 11.5 Dover 15.0 16.8 20.0 14.1 9.2 Downview 16.8 21.4 15.2 12.7 12.7 Drake Hall 11.4 12.2 14.9 15.4 13.2 Durham 15.8 16.8 16.1 12.9 16.0 East Sutton Park 17.2 18.9 7.0 20.2 18.7 Eastwood Park 28.4 17.6 16.9 15.4 17.4 Edmunds Hill 18.8 17.5 14.3 12.0 13.3 Elmley 13.7 16.6 16.6 11.8 10.2 Erlestoke 11.7 10.1 12.0 11.4 14.6 Everthorpe 8.2 11.0 15.4 8.9 9.2 Exeter 18.7 15.3 17.2 14.4 11.1 Featherstone 9.9 11.5 19.5 15.5 10.5 Feltham 16.7 13.9 15.1 15.3 14.6 Ford 21.7 28.8 18.8 16.9 18.9 Foston Hall 19.9 12.0 25.0 18.1 24.7 Frankland 13.6 10.7 11.3 14.7 13.3 Full Sutton 13.5 10.4 10.8 10.9 13.6 Garth 14.8 10.4 11.4 14.7 16.7 Gartree 8.7 8.8 9.8 14.1 16.1 Glen Parva 18.9 14.3 10.1 8.3 9.6 Gloucester 17.9 20.1 13.8 14.4 10.0 Grendon 21.5 14.3 14.3 15.0 11.0 Guys Marsh 21.2 20.6 16.2 17.9 16.2 Haslar 20.4 16.0 18.8 10.7 7.6 Haverigg 14.0 17.8 24.3 19.3 15.6 Hewell Grange 18.7 5.7 9.6 5.2 10.7 High Down 21.6 13.3 13.9 11.5 13.3 Highpoint 15.5 8.9 12.7 12.0 10.4 Hindley 24.8 33.2 25.9 20.2 15.5 Hollesley Bay 6.9 18.6 10.5 6.5 5.5 Holloway 28.0 20.2 15.0 11.0 10.8 Holme House 20.9 12.9 13.6 15.2 14.1 Hull 11.0 11.9 12.7 12.9 12.0 Huntercombe 16.2 19.6 17.6 17.8 17.1 Kingston 24.0 14.6 7.8 6.4 10.4 Kirkham 14.2 16.2 13.2 16.6 16.0 Kirklevington Grange 6.7 6.1 9.8 9.1 9.1 Lancaster 11.9 7.8 11.3 15.8 18.8 Lancaster Farms 13.8 15.6 18.4 13.4 17.2 Latchmere House 13.7 13.0 6.7 15.9 6.1 Leeds 19.9 14.8 14.9 15.5 14.1 Leicester 19.4 8.2 7.3 9.1 8.9 Lewes 17.4 15.7 12.1 13.6 13.7 Leyhill 13.1 12.3 12.2 14.1 13.3 Lincoln 23.1 15.3 15.8 11.1 11.9 Lindholme 13.9 12.1 15.2 14.4 14.2 Littlehey 16.2 12.7 15.9 8.7 10.6 Liverpool 23.0 23.2 22.2 10.7 13.0 Long Lartin 10.6 13.9 11.2 9.2 11.1 Low Newton 12.1 13.0 13.5 12.9 12.3 Maidstone 19.5 22.7 17.0 16.8 14.4 Manchester 20.8 17.3 11.3 11.1 10.9 Moorland 12.2 10.3 11.4 12.3 15.3 Morton Hall 13.7 18.7 14.3 9.7 11.5 New Hall 17.5 19.0 20.2 21.4 19.5 North Sea Camp 14.2 11.8 9.5 25.1 13.8 Northallerton 20.6 22.1 30.8 16.0 12.3 Norwich 19.9 10.0 8.9 12.9 15.3 Nottingham 13.4 13.0 16.0 14.5 12.4 Onley 21.3 12.4 22.3 25.0 10.3 Parkhurst 19.2 13.3 15.6 10.3 11.2 Pentonville 18.7 15.9 17.3 14.5 12.1 Portland 21.5 19.0 26.3 18.7 13.7 Preston 19.6 22.7 11.4 10.1 9.5 Ranby 18.3 13.8 7.1 10.5 12.7 Reading 16.3 15.5 11.3 15.3 10.9 Risley 29.7 22.4 18.0 22.9 20.4 Rochester 27.9 24.3 18.2 14.0 11.1 Send 13.5 15.9 12.6 10.5 11.8 Shepton Mallet 13.8 13.6 12.8 10.9 9.9 Shrewsbury 17.6 15.2 7.4 9.4 13.1 Stafford 19.9 17.1 13.3 13.8 13.5 Standford Hill 17.0 16.3 10.7 13.6 15.8 Stocken 8.2 11.1 14.5 15.7 12.3 Stoke Heath 23.2 20.1 18.7 18.0 22.8 Styal 15.9 16.8 11.4 15.1 15.0 Sudbury 10.9 11.9 10.0 10.1 8.5 Swaleside 13.7 13.0 10.0 12.1 7.0 Swansea 12.9 10.5 9.9 13.8 12.2 Swinfen Hall 9.9 8.1 9.5 11.0 10.5 The Mount 14.6 15.7 8.1 8.7 5.9 The Verne 9.4 10.9 12.4 12.6 11.3 Thorn Cross 22.3 19.9 18.0 16.5 12.5 Usk/Prescoed 11.0 5.4 2.6 8.5 13.1 Wakefield 14.0 15.0 14.5 11.7 12.9 Wandsworth 21.1 19.9 14.4 13.1 12.9 Warren Hill 72.1 12.9 10.6 11.5 11.1 Wayland 8.2 10.5 9.4 5.9 7.9 Wealstun 9.8 8.3 11.5 14.4 13.4 Weare 16.6 22.6 15.5 2.9 Closed Wellingborough 18.0 14.6 17.0 21.1 15.8 Werrington 19.3 16.5 12.2 17.6 18.8 Wetherby 18.1 17.7 17.4 14.5 12.4 Whatton 11.1 9.7 9.2 11.0 7.7 Whitemoor 18.7 16.5 15.6 16.4 14.2 Winchester 16.2 20.5 18.6 12.2 12.0 Woodhill 19.0 15.3 14.3 17.0 13.1 Wormwood Scrubs 22.8 23.2 12.3 11.5 13.0 Wymott 15.3 15.0 18.5 18.1 16.1 HQ 9.4 7.5 5.6 6.3 7.0 Public sector Prison Service 17.1 15.2 14.1 13.5 12.8 Note: For public sector prisons, officer grade is all prison officers, senior officers and principal officers.
Working days lost per officer per year Establishment 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Doncaster 8 9.5 11 11.5 6 Dovegate 16.6 16.4 16.5 16.2 13.5 Lowdham Grange 5 9 15 14 10 Note: For private prisons, officer grade is prison custody officer. It was not possible to obtain information about the remaining private prisons in England and Wales in the time available to answer this question.