Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether staff employed in the Prison Service Reserve can be ordered to perform detached duty.

Staff employed in the Prison Service Reserve are mobile as a condition of service, and can, therefore, be permanently transferred to any civil service post. All NOMS staff can be required to serve periods of detached duty. Decisions on suitability for redeployment or detached duty will take account of an employee’s individual circumstances.