Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 31154

Prison Officers: Vacancies

Tabled: 12 February 2025
Answered: 24 February 2025

Question

Paula Barker

LabourLiverpool Wavertree

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to reduce prison officer vacancies in (a) public prisons and (b) prisons run by contractors.

Answer

Sir Nicholas Dakin
We remain committed to ensuring prisons are sufficiently resourced and that we retain and build levels of experience, both of which are fundamental to delivering quality outcomes in prisons. As of December 2024, there are 23,062 Band 3-5 Prison officers i...

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