Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether there are guidelines on minimum staffing levels for private prisons.
All staffing matters in privately managed prisons, including bonuses, are the responsibility of individual contractors. There is no requirement in the contracts to agree such matters with the Ministry of Justice.
Private providers play an important role in the prison estate and we continue to monitor them to ensure they maintain safe, decent and secure prisons.