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Written Question
Prisons: Education
Tuesday 22nd October 2019

Asked by: Imran Hussain (Labour - Bradford East)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total value is of each Prison Education Framework contract entered into since 1 April 2019.

Answered by Lucy Frazer - Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

As set out in the Education and Employment Strategy (May 2018), significant changes to the delivery arrangements for prison education took full effect from April 2019. From that point, governors took control of their establishment’s education budget, determined the curriculum on offer and how it is structured and organised, and decided who their education providers will be.

Information on the total value of the contracts in the 17 Lots in the Prison Education Framework (PEF) contract, since 1 April 2019, is provided in the attached table.


Written Question
Prisons: Education
Tuesday 22nd October 2019

Asked by: Imran Hussain (Labour - Bradford East)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the education budget was for each prison in 2018-19.

Answered by Lucy Frazer - Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

Prison education allocations under the Offenders’ Learning and Skills Service (OLASS) arrangements in England for each public sector prison for 2018-2019 are provided in the attached table.


Written Question
Prisons: Education
Tuesday 22nd October 2019

Asked by: Imran Hussain (Labour - Bradford East)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total value is of dynamic purchasing system contracts for education entered into by each prison since 1 April 2019.

Answered by Lucy Frazer - Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

Information on the number of Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) contracts entered into since 1st April 2019 and the total value of DPS contracts entered into since 1st April 2019, by prison, is provided in the attached table.

As set out in the Education and Employment Strategy in May last year, significant changes to the delivery arrangements for prison education took full effect from April 2019. From that point, governors took control of their establishment’s education budget, determined the curriculum on offer and how it is structured and organised, and decided who their education providers will be.

Prison governors commission core and bespoke education provision through two new routes: the Prison Education Framework (PEF) and the prison education DPS. The DPS enables governors to commission innovative, specialist or one-off education provision for their establishment.


Written Question
Prisons: Libraries
Tuesday 22nd October 2019

Asked by: Imran Hussain (Labour - Bradford East)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the annual budget was for library services for each prison in 2018-19.

Answered by Lucy Frazer - Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

Allocations to public sector prisons in England for prison libraries (for the financial year 2018-19) are provided in the attached table.


Written Question
Prison Officers: Pay
Tuesday 30th July 2019

Asked by: Imran Hussain (Labour - Bradford East)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what was the mean average salary for a Band 3-5 prison officer in each year from 2010.

Answered by Lucy Frazer - Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

The requested figures are available for years going back to 2013 and are presented below.

In 2012 HM Prison Service introduced modernised pay and grading arrangements. A number of staff recruited prior to this continue to be employed on legacy pay and grading arrangements. Two sets of figures are therefore presented. Those for modernised terms are influenced by staff turnover and position within pay range much more so than for legacy terms (for which all staff are now at pay range maximum).

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

Modernised Terms

£19,784

£26,272

£24,527

£24,804

£25,179

£24,531

£24,989

Legacy Terms

£28,493

£28,708

£29,336

£29,560

£29,536

£29,896

£30,468

Figures for legacy arrangements are for a contractual 39 hour working week. Figures for modernised arrangements are for a contractual 37 hour week (although Band 3 Prison Officers can opt to work additional hours).

All figures are based on the national rate of pay and include a premium for required unsocial hours working. There are additional uplifts for the Outer and Inner London Zones (typically £4,250 and £3,100 for legacy arrangements and £2,659 and £4,046 for modernised arrangements).

While not reflected in the figures presented, HMMPS has recently announced for a second year in a row above inflation pay rises of over 2%. These increase are expected to be paid (and backdated to April) in the Autumn. On top of that, we have made further pledges to recruit and retain prison officers and managers, helping to make our prisons safer and reduce reoffending.


Written Question
Prison Officers: Pay
Tuesday 30th July 2019

Asked by: Imran Hussain (Labour - Bradford East)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what was the mean average salary for a band 3-5 prison officer with less than one year's experience in each year from 2010.

Answered by Lucy Frazer - Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

The requested figures are available for years going back to 2013 and are presented below.

Figures are for a contractual 37 hour week (although Band 3 Prison Officers can opt to work additional hours). Direct recruitment to Bands 4 and 5 is relatively rare. Those with less than one year’s experience are therefore almost always Band 3 Prison Officers.

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

£18,720

£18,860

£19,049

£20,545

£21,121

£21,836

£22,265

All figures are based on the national rate of pay and include a premium for required unsocial hours working. There are additional uplifts for the Outer and Inner London Zones (typically £4,250 and £3,100 for legacy arrangements and £2,659 and £4,046 for modernised arrangements.

While not reflected in the figures presented, HMMPS has recently announced for a second year in a row above inflation pay rises of over 2%. These increase are expected to be paid (and backdated to April) in the Autumn. On top of that, we have made further pledges to recruit and retain prison officers and managers, helping to make our prisons safer and reduce reoffending.


Written Question
Prison Officers: Pay
Tuesday 30th July 2019

Asked by: Imran Hussain (Labour - Bradford East)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what was the mean average salary for a band 2 prison officer in each year from 2010.

Answered by Lucy Frazer - Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

Operational prison service staff in Band 2 are not prison officers but Operational Support Grades (OSGs). The requested figures are available for years going back to 2013 and are presented below.

In 2012 HM Prison Service introduced modernised pay and grading arrangements. A number of staff recruited prior to this continue to be employed on legacy pay and grading arrangements. Two sets of figures are therefore presented.

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

Modernised Terms

£16,795

£17,337

£17,251

£18,186

£18,571

£19,115

£19,463

Legacy Terms

£18,284

£18,511

£18,865

£18,905

£19,938

£19,343

£19,730

Figures for legacy arrangements are for a contractual 39 hour working week. Figures for modernised arrangements are for a contractual 37 hour week

All figures are based on the national rate of pay and include a premium for required unsocial hours working. There are additional uplifts for the Outer and Inner London Zones (typically £4,250 and £3,100 for legacy arrangements and £2,659 and £4,046 for modernised arrangements).

While not reflected in the figures presented, HMMPS has recently announced for a second year in a row above inflation pay rises of over 2%. These increase are expected to be paid (and backdated to April) in the Autumn. On top of that, we have made further pledges to recruit and retain prison officers and managers, helping to make our prisons safer and reduce reoffending.


Written Question
Prison Officers: Pay
Tuesday 30th July 2019

Asked by: Imran Hussain (Labour - Bradford East)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what was the mean average salary for a band 2 prison officer with less than one year's experience in each year from 2010.

Answered by Lucy Frazer - Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

Operational prison service staff in Band 2 are not prison officers but Operational Support Grades (OSGs). The requested figures are available for years going back to 2013 and are presented below. Figures are for a contractual 37 hour week.

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

£16,076

£16,216

£16,379

£17,386

£17,561

£18,358

£18,726

All figures are based on the national rate of pay and include a premium for required unsocial hours working. There are additional uplifts for the Outer and Inner London Zones (typically £4,250 and £3,100 for legacy arrangements and £2,659 and £4,046 for modernised arrangements.

While not reflected in the figures presented, HMMPS has recently announced for a second year in a row above inflation pay rises of over 2%. These increase are expected to be paid (and backdated to April) in the Autumn. On top of that, we have made further pledges to recruit and retain prison officers and managers, helping to make our prisons safer and reduce reoffending.


Written Question
Youth Justice Board: Grants
Monday 29th July 2019

Asked by: Imran Hussain (Labour - Bradford East)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the value of the Youth Justice Board grant to each local authority was in 2018-19.

Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

Published totals by local authority for 2018/19 and 2019/20 are not yet available. Data for 2018/19 will be published at YOT level in the annual statistics published in early 2020. Data for 2019/20 will be available one year later.


Written Question
Youth Justice Board: Grants
Monday 29th July 2019

Asked by: Imran Hussain (Labour - Bradford East)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the value was of the Youth Justice Board grant to each local authority in 2019-20.

Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

Published totals by local authority for 2018/19 and 2019/20 are not yet available. Data for 2018/19 will be published at YOT level in the annual statistics published in early 2020. Data for 2019/20 will be available one year later.