The information requested is set out as follows:
Public Sector Establishments
Information on the length of continuous service in the same public sector Prison Service establishment for both prison officers and operational managers is contained in the following table. The information relates to the average length of time that the officers or managers, who were in post on 31 December each year, had previously spent at their then current establishment.
Average length of service (years) in current establishment As at 31 December each year Prison officers1 Operational managers2 2009 8.9 5.8 2008 8.4 5.5 2007 8.2 5.3 2006 8.1 5.3 2005 8.0 5.1 1 Prison officers only, does not include senior or principal officers. 2 Includes all grades of operational managers, not only the in-charge governor. Manager G to senior manager A.
Private Sector Establishments1
Information about private sector establishments has been provided by individual contractors where available. Limitations in the data available mean that not all private sector establishments have information available in a format that is compatible with the question. Information for these establishments is presented in a separate table.
The private sector establishments have been in operation for a relatively short time and consequently the average length of service is inevitably lower than in public sector establishments where some individual officers have been in post for up to 40 years.
1 Information on average length of service was not available from the HR systems of Wolds and Parc without undertaking a large-scale manual data collection exercise.
Average length of service (years) in current establishment As at 31 December each year Prison custody officers Governors2 2009 4.1 6.0 2008 4.2 5.0 2007 3.9 4.8 2006 3.8 5.6 2005 3.9 4.6 1 Information relates to Altcourse, Bronzefield, Dovegate (since 2007 only), Forest Bank and Peterborough. 2 The definition of governor differs across contractors from all managers to only the in-charge manager.
Proportion of staff with more than two years service in establishment (Percentage) 2009 76.9 2008 63.0 2007 65.2 2006 65.1 20052 n/a 1 Information relates to all staff at Ashfield, Doncaster and Lowdham Grange. 2 Information not available for 2005.