Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 116398

Prison Officers

Tabled: 26 February 2026

Answered: 4 March 2026

Named Day

Question

Sarah Dyke

Liberal Democrat — Glastonbury and Somerton

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average officer to prisoner ratio was across all male prisons as of February 2026.

Answer

Jake Richards

The number of full-time equivalent band 3-5 prison officers in each public sector prison is published quarterly as part of the “HM Prison and Probation Service workforce statistics” publication. The latest data, for staff in post on 31st December 2025, is...

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