asked Her Majesty’s Government:
For each prison in England and Wales, including contracted-out prisons, what is the current shortfall in prison officers; and, in each case, what is the shortfall as a percentage of the stated optimum level for each prison. [HL2823]
The latest available information on the shortfall of officers at each prison establishment against the operational staffing requirement is contained in the following tables. The shortfalls incorporate the contribution of contracted supplementary hours.
31/12/06 Public Sector Establishments Total Percentage of requirement Acklington - - Albany - - Ashwell 2 1.7 Askham Grange 1 4.5 Aylesbury 0 0.2 Bedford 4 2.5 Belmarsh 22 3.8 Birmingham 0 0.0 Blakenhurst - - Blantyre House 2 6.1 Blundeston 2 1.0 Brinsford 12 5.0 Bristol 6 2.4 Brixton 22 9.3 Brockhill 7 8.5 Buckley Hall - - Bullingdon 3 1.1 Bullwood Hall 4 4.5 Camp Hill 2 1.4 Canterbury 1 0.6 Cardiff 1 0.6 Castington 6 2.6 Channings Wood 1 0.3 Chelmsford 31 13.1 Coldingley 3 3.3 Cookham Wood/ ESP 4 3.3 Dartmoor 8 4.9 Deerbolt 4 2.1 Dorchester 5 4.3 Dover 2 1.6 Downview 8 5.7 Drake Hall 1 1.0 Durham 5 1.5 Eastwood Park - - Edmunds Hill 0 0.2 Elmley - - Erlestoke 6 5.1 Everthorpe - - Exeter - - Featherstone 8 5.5 Feltham 2 0.6 Ford 3 4.5 Foston Hall 15 10.2 Frankland 21 3.4 Full Sutton 15 3.2 Garth - - Gartree 5 2.4 Glen Parva 2 0.9 Gloucester - - Grendon 9 5.8 Guys Marsh 5 3.6 Haslar 2 3.6 Moorland - - Haverigg 2 1.7 Hewell Grange 0 1.2 High Down 1 0.6 Highpoint 3 1.5 Hindley - - Hollesley Bay 1 1.1 Holloway 14 5.2 Holme House 2 0.6 Hull 3 0.9 Huntercombe 7 4.1 Kingston 1 1.3 Kirkham 3 3.0 Kirklevington Grange - - Lancaster - - Lancaster Farms - - Latchmere House - - Leeds - - Leicester - - Lewes 1 0.4 Leyhill 5 7.0 Lincoln 6 3.1 Lindholme 1 0.4 Littlehey - - Liverpool 11 2.7 Long Lartin - - Low Newton - - Maidstone 11 6.8 Manchester 1 0.1 Morton Hall 2 1.9 New Hall - - North Sea Camp 2 4.2 Northallerton 3 4.5 Norwich 15 6.2 Nottingham 5 2.4 Onley 17 8.2 Parkhurst - - Pentonville - - Portland 4 2.2 Preston 4 1.6 Ranby 9 3.2 Reading - - Risley - - Rochester 1 0.7 Send 7 8.6 Shepton Mallet 1 1.6 Shrewsbury 4 3.9 Stafford 3 1.9 Standford Hill - - Stocken - - Stoke Heath 10 4.0 Styal - - Sudbury - - Swaleside - - Swansea - - Swinfen Hall 4 1.8 The Mount 12 7.4 The Verne 4 3.5 Thorn Cross - - Usk/Prescoed - - Wakefield 24 5.5 Wandsworth 9 2.3 Warren Hill - - Wayland 0 0.0 Wealstun - - Wellingborough 3 1.5 Werrington 7 8.4 Wetherby 5 2.7 Whatton 4 1.9 Whitemoor - - Winchester 3 1.4 Woodhill 25 5.4 Wormwood Scrubs - - Wymott 4 1.6 Notes: 1. Information has been derived from the personnel corporate database, Oracle HRMS and quarterly forecast change forms completed by each establishment. 2. A dash indicates either no shortfall or staff in post exceed requirement. 3. A zero in the table refers to a fraction of a post that rounds to zero. 4. Information relates to prison officers, senior officers and principal officers, and includes the contribution to staffing availability of contract supplementary hours.
28/02/07 Contracted Establishments Total Percentage of optimum level Ashfield 4 Not provided Altcourse 4 1.1 Bronzefield 5 3.0 Doncaster 1.5 0.6 Dovegate 11 0.4 Forest Bank - - Lowdham Grange 1.8 Not provided Parc 15 5.9 Peterborough 4 1.5 Rye Hill 9 6.9 Wolds - - Notes: 1. A dash indicates either no shortfall or staff in post exceed requirement.