Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff he has certified under Section 89 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 to work as prison custody officers in each privately-operated establishment as at 31 December in each of the last five years.
HM Prison and Probation do not hold data on the number of staff certified under Section 89 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991. This table displays the number of funded posts at each privately managed prison for January in each year where data is available.
Prison | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
Altcourse | 416.21 | 393.21 | 393 | 433 | 424 |
Ashfield | 173.35 | 152 | 165 | 169 | 171 |
Birmingham | 501 | 499.5 | 500 | 499 | 497 |
Bronzefield | 352.66 | 332.79 | 369 | 354 | 355 |
Doncaster | 411.47 | 406.48 | 399 | 392 | 399 |
Dovegate | 521.6 | 526 | 516 | 511 | 524 |
Forest Bank | 529.38 | 573 | 576 | 576 | 548 |
Lowdham Grange | 449.3 | 406.6 | 427.5 | 413.5 | 407.1 |
Oakwood | 478.3 | 464.97 | 498 | 439 | 439 |
Parc | 721.04 | 718.3 | 716 | 720 | 663 |
Peterborough | 580.5 | 618.01 | 604.51 | 591.91 | 518.97 |
Rye Hill | 255.75 | 257 | 255 | 256 | 250 |
Thameside | 399 | 406 | 406 | 351 | 351 |
Northumberland | 398.3 | 408.3 | 398.7 | 394.5 | 378 |
Operators of privately managed prisons are required to deliver sufficient recruitment and training of staff to ensure they maintain a safe, decent and secure prison as per their contractual obligation. The performance of all providers continues to be robustly managed. We will not hesitate to take action if and when standards fall short.