Sadiq Khan – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sadiq Khan on 2014-04-29.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the staff turnover rate has been in (a) the prison estate and (b) HM Prison High Down in each month since September 2013.
Jeremy Wright
The monthly staff turnover rate is calculated as leavers divided by number of staff in post at the beginning of the month. Figures on staff turnover are enclosed in the table below.
Table: Staff turnover rate at (i) High Down and (ii) all prison service establishments in England and Wales, between September and December 2013
|
Prison Service Establishment |
Month |
Leavers |
Staff in Post |
Turnover Rate |
|
High Down |
September 2013 |
40 |
430 |
9.5% |
|
October 2013 |
10 |
430 |
2.1% |
|
|
November 2013 |
~ |
380 |
0.3% |
|
|
December 2013 |
~ |
380 |
0.0% |
|
|
All Prisons |
September 2013 |
1,270 |
43,630 |
2.9% |
|
October 2013 |
440 |
43,500 |
1.0% |
|
|
November 2013 |
320 |
42,320 |
0.8% |
|
|
December 2013 |
330 |
42,560 |
0.8% |
Note:
~ denotes suppressed values of 5 or fewer. Low numbers are suppressed, in conjunction with the rounding policy in line with the department’s policy for presenting staffing statistics.
Staffing numbers, which are derived from a dynamic administrative system, have been rounded to the nearest 10 to reflect the level of uncertainty in the figures.
Staff turnover rates include staff on both fixed-term and permanent contracts.
Information on staff turnover is only available up to December 2013.
