Prison Officers
(asked on 7th September 2017) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers have been sent on detached duty to fill staffing gaps in other prisons in the last 12 months.
This question was answered on 12th September 2017
117 prison officers have been deployed on detached duty (DD) on average for each of the last 12 months.
Prison officers are deployed on DD under national and regional arrangements, for a number of reasons, including to fill staffing gaps in other prisons. The number deployed on DD each month varies according to operational pressures. Over the course of twelve months individuals may (through choice) be deployed on DD on more than one occasion.