Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 8137

Prison Officers

Tabled: 9 October 2024

Answered: 17 October 2024

Question

Jim Shannon

Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of prison workforce numbers.

Answer

Sir Nicholas Dakin

We know that sufficient and skilled frontline staffing is fundamental to delivering safe, secure, and rehabilitative prison regimes. In England and Wales, we are currently above our target staffing levels for prison officers, although challenges remain in...

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