Roger Godsiff – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Roger Godsiff on 2015-02-20.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers have been dismissed (a) in total and (b) through lack of capacity following an employment tribunal hearing in the last three years for which data is available.
Andrew Selous
The total number of officers, bands 3-5, dismissed from the public sector prison service in England and Wales, can be found in the table below, broken down into the categories of dismissal used within the National Offender Management Service. Lack of capacity is not one of these categories.
Table: Headcount of Band 3 to 5 Officers Dismissed from the Public Sector Prison Service in England & Wales, 2011/12 to 2013/14
|
Reason |
2011/12 |
2012/12 |
2013/14 |
|
Breach of Contract |
~ |
~ |
~ |
|
Conduct |
80 |
80 |
70 |
|
Medical Inefficiency |
170 |
160 |
170 |
|
Poor Performance |
~ |
~ |
~ |
|
Unsatisfactory Attendance |
10 |
10 |
~ |
|
Grand Total |
260 |
260 |
250 |
Figures are rounded to the nearest 10 in line with the department’s policy for presenting staffing data.
~ denotes suppressed values of 5 or fewer. Low numbers are suppressed in conjunction with the rounding policy to prevent disclosure in accordance with Data Protection Act, 1998.
