Andy Slaughter – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andy Slaughter on 2015-10-15.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times Medway Secure Training Centre has contacted an external teaching agency to request a teacher since it was awarded the contract.

Andrew Selous

G4S, which holds the current contract for Medway Secure Training Centre, has once used an external teaching agency to recruit one member of teaching staff.

Prior to 2010 education at Medway was provided by Manchester College. Information on this provider’s use of agency staff is not held centrally.

All STC staff, both temporary and permanent, must undergo background checks and be approved by the Youth Justice Board prior to appointment.