There were no prison officers in the kitchens at HMP Wandsworth on the day of Daniel Khalife's escape.
Mark Fairhurst, the head of the union the Prison Officers Association, said: "Previously, we used to have prison officers working as kitchen officers.
Mr Fairhurst disputed these figures. He said: "Factually, I know that about only 84 prison officers were on duty on the morning of that escape - that is clearly not safe." He added that at least 126 should have been there. He added: "We've got some prisons that are running on less than 50% of their staffing levels. Because we simply can't retain the staff we recruit because of prisons or the violence and staff are under that much pressure."Mr Fairhurst said that because of low staffing levels, 'temp' officers filling in gaps in London and the south-east were costing the taxpayer £1 million per month.
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