Private Prisons Mr. Gerrard To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many assaults there were on (a) staff and (b) prisoners at each private prison in 2005-06. Mr. Sutcliffe The information is provided in the following table. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Prison |Number of assaults on staff|Number of assaults on prisoners|Number of assaults on staff|Number of assaults on prisoners| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Altcourse |44 |200 |36 |199 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Ashfield |153 |501 |129 |625 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Bronzefield |85 |95 |76 |115 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Doncaster |24 |96 |46 |145 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Dovegate |35 |69 |58 |66 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Forest Bank |82 |431 |50 |344 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Lowdham Grange|16 |37 |34 |74 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Parc |41 |229 |48 |245 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Peterborough |72 |104 |137 |226 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Rye Hill |65 |53 |48 |61 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Wolds |3 |23 |8 |34 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mr. Gerrard To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether any private prison has been refinanced by a holding or partner company. Mr. Sutcliffe There are no private prisons that have been refinanced by a holding or partner company. Mr. Gerrard To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many unfilled posts there were in the Prison Service in (a) public and (b) private prisons in each of the last 12 months. Mr. Sutcliffe The number of unfilled posts for the last five quarters is shown in the following tables. These figures include all posts, both operational and non-operational, across the whole Prison Service. For the public sector they reflect the impact of additional hours worked through contracted supplementary hours and agency staffing. The number of unfilled posts represent around 3 per cent. of all posts. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Date1 |Shortfall on staffing requirement having included CSH and agency staff2| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |31 December 2005 |1,335 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |31 March 2006 |1,534 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |30 June 2006 |1,463 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |30 September 2006 |1,228 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |31 December 2006 |1,480 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1 Staffing requirements are centrally reported quarterly and therefore the number of unfilled posts is only available for the end of each quarter.2 Information has been derived from the Personnel Corporate Database, Oracle HRMS and Quarterly Forecast Change Forms completed by each establishment. Where an establishment has recorded a surplus of staff this has not been used to off-set shortfalls of others.| | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Shortfall on staffing requirement1| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |January |181 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |February |177 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |March |206 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |April |190 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |May |186 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |June |146 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |July |155 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |August |182 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |September |181 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |October |187 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |November |181 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |December |198 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1 Private prisons information has been obtained from the Home Office, on behalf of Serco, GSL, G4S, and KALYX human resources databases.| | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------