Oral Question·Ministry of Justice
“What recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of lowering the pension age of prison officers on prison officer morale.”
Tabled: 2 July 2025Answered: 8 July 2025
Asked by
Brian Leishman
Labour — Alloa and Grangemouth
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Justice
Answer from Hansard
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Sir Nicholas Dakin)
Prison officers benefit from the civil service pension scheme, which offers excellent public sector terms, low employee contributions and a 28.97% employer contribution, but we recognise that pension age is an important issue for prison officers. That is why we are fully engaged with the unions on this issue.