Prison Officers: Deployment
(asked on 30th October 2019) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost to the public purse has been of (a) hotel and (b) other expenses for prison officers on detached duty in each month since January 2018.
Prison officers do a challenging and vital job to help protect the public and we are committed to making sure we have enough staff to deliver safe regimes in our prisons.
Detached duty (DD) is one of the sensible and proportionate measures taken to ensure the safe and decent running of regimes in prisons, and respond appropriately to any operational issues that arise. The deployment of staff between prisons on detached duty is a regular and normal part of prison resourcing and the number of prison officers deployed will reflect operational circumstances.
When there is a need to accommodate staff in hotels, we work hard to ensure the best possible value for money for the taxpayer and have controls in place to help keep costs to a minimum. Where possible, bookings are for specifically timed trains and always in standard class to help keep costs to a minimum.
The Government is investing £2.75bn to modernise and maintain our prisons, create 10,000 additional places, and step up security to stop the flow of drugs and mobile phones.
Please find below a breakdown of travel costs by method:
Month | Hotels | Rail | Air | Ferry |
Jan-18 | £290,178.64 | £23,567.00 | £200.51 | £0.00 |
Feb-18 | £236,621.21 | £23,663.40 | £951.68 | £0.00 |
Mar-18 | £209,026.30 | £24,500.85 | £2,483.74 | £0.00 |
Apr-18 | £225,754.14 | £16,023.25 | £493.56 | £91.00 |
May-18 | £233,236.50 | £18,785.35 | £233.62 | £1,616.50 |
Jun-18 | £209,336.12 | £17,609.60 | £0.00 | £1,135.75 |
Jul-18 | £199,038.25 | £20,042.95 | £0.00 | £1,014.20 |
Aug-18 | £211,642.81 | £20,200.10 | £0.00 | £466.15 |
Sep-18 | £223,603.44 | £16,640.20 | £0.00 | £103.00 |
Oct-18 | £250,363.26 | £24,802.25 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
Nov-18 | £159,252.49 | £18,911.20 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
Dec-18 | £157,993.00 | £10,066.10 | £0.00 | £53.50 |
Jan-19 | £216,479.21 | £16,850.50 | £0.00 | £51.50 |
Feb-19 | £187,018.49 | £14,296.45 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
Mar-19 | £225,574.25 | £18,534.50 | £0.00 | £218.50 |
Apr-19 | £202,070.93 | £14,641.10 | £0.00 | £319.75 |
May-19 | £230,760.74 | £17,950.95 | £0.00 | £229.25 |
Jun-19 | £218,309.41 | £16,018.05 | £483.30 | £158.50 |
Jul-19 | £182,603.48 | £17,248.80 | -£483.30 | £0.00 |
Aug-19 | £156,795.30 | £16,970.75 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
Sep-19 | £146,658.25 | £18,526.70 | £0.00 | £239.00 |
Oct-19 | £120,290.85 | £16,812.90 | £0.00 | £305.25 |
The amount spent on other expenses claims for Prison Officers as outlined in the Travel and Subsistence policy (day and night subsistence, lodging allowance, etc):
Month |
|
Jan-18 | £643.24 |
Feb-18 | £758.37 |
Mar-18 | £2097.74 |
Apr-18 | £488.49 |
May-18 | £1436.75 |
Jun-18 | £142.27 |
Jul-18 | £76.84 |
Aug-18 | £77.80 |
Nov-18 | £1657 |
Feb-19 | £240 |
Mar-19 | £672 |
Apr-19 | £592 |
May-19 | £80 |