Richard Arkless
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(9 years, 5 months ago)
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Caroline Dinenage
Of course the Department takes any assault on a prison officer incredibly seriously. It is essential that prison officers feel that the full weight of the state is behind them as they fulfil their duties. When there are serious assaults on prison staff, the perpetrators will be prosecuted unless there is an extremely good reason for not doing so.
Richard Arkless (Dumfries and Galloway) (SNP)
Given those figures, it might be pertinent to ask whether the Minister’s Department is a living wage employer.
Caroline Dinenage
We certainly are, as far as I understand it, and I am looking at that moving forward.