Wymott Prison: Manpower

Mr. Hoyle
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will take steps to increase the number of prison officers at HM Prison Wymott.

Mr. Hanson
In March 2008 the target staffing figures for all officers, prison officers, health care officers, physical education (PE) officers and dog handlers at Wymott prison was 221. In February 2009 this had risen to 225, which consisted of an additional PE officer and three additional dog handler officers. We keep this under review.