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Northern Ireland Prison Service: Manpower

Volume 490: debated on Monday 23 March 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people were employed in each job category by the Northern Ireland Prison Service in each of the last five years. (264743)

The number of people employed in each job category by the Northern Ireland Prison Service in each of the last five years, filling the post at each rank or grade substantively, is as shown in the following table.

Year ending 31 March

Job category

2004-051

2005-061

2006-071

2007-08

As at 18 March 2009

Director

1

1

1

1

1

Deputy Director

4

4

4

4

3

Non ex. Director

1

2

2

2

4

Governor 1

2

2

2

2

2

Governor 2

4

4

4

4

4

Governor 3

2

2

3

3

3

Governor 4

8

9

12

12

10

Governor 5

18

19

14

20

19

Principal Officer

72

67

63

58

65

Senior Officer

171

166

166

159

146

Main Grade Officer

1,268

1,260

1,229

1,176

1,132

Operational Support Grade

0

0

0

17

114

Night Custody/Patrol Officer

83

139

159

184

190

Senior Prisoner Custody Officer

0

0

7

6

15

Prisoner Custody Officer

0

0

93

149

174

Grade A

22

20

19

20

21

Grade B1

30

33

32

35

39

Grade B2

51

53

56

51

64

Grade C

79

81

79

80

101

Grade Dl

107

108

117

118

130

Grade D2

57

59

42

43

37

Civilian Support Staff

95

88

87

86

70

Total

2,075

2,117

2,191

2,230

2,344

1 These figures reflect the full-time equivalent staff. Actual staff in post figures are only available from 2007 onwards.