Lord Hanson of Flint
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(9 years, 5 months ago)
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Andrew Selous
Of course I will. Both Norwich and Bure prisons are well resourced with prison officers and have a full complement of staff, but the National Offender Management Service will continue to monitor the resources that are available to both governors. I was very impressed with the work that was being done in Norwich prison, and also by the work being done in Café Britannia, outside the prison gates.
Mr David Hanson (Delyn) (Lab)
How many prison officers were in post in May 2010, and how many are in post now? Have the numbers not been cut by about 40% overall?
Andrew Selous
I will write to the right hon. Gentleman with the exact figures. However, our benchmarking exercise has brought about a number of developments, not least the prisoner-facing roles that prison officers did not always have before. The right hon. Gentleman knows as well as I do that we have closed 14 prisons. The National Audit Office has complimented us on our management of the prison estate, and we continue to recruit more prison officers.