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<p>The number of band 3-5 prison officers that were recruited in the last three years,
by age and gender are provided in table 1 below. The leaving rate of band 3-5 officers
for the same period is provided in table 2.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Band 3-5
prison officers<sup>1</sup> joiners, by age and gender, 2016-2018</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Headcount</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>12 months to 31 December 2016</p></td><td><p>12 months to 31 December
2017</p></td><td><p>12 months to 31 December 2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gender</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>519</p></td><td><p>1,243</p></td><td><p>1,885</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>1,018</p></td><td><p>2,989</p></td><td><p>3,825</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Age</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Under
30</p></td><td><p>1,004</p></td><td><p>2,525</p></td><td><p>3,432</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30-39</p></td><td><p>323</p></td><td><p>1,067</p></td><td><p>1,446</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>40-49</p></td><td><p>172</p></td><td><p>482</p></td><td><p>627</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>50-59</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>198</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>60+</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,537</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4,232</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,710</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p><strong>Table 2: Underlying leaving<sup>2</sup> rate of permanent<sup>3</sup>
band 3-5 officers<sup>1</sup>, 2016-2018</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Headcount</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>Leavers<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>Average staff in post</p></td><td><p>Leaving
rate (%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12 months to 31 December 2016</p></td><td><p>1,786</p></td><td><p>18,860</p></td><td><p>9.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12
months to 31 December 2017</p></td><td><p>1,967</p></td><td><p>19,590</p></td><td><p>10.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12
months to 31 December 2018</p></td><td><p>2,406</p></td><td><p>22,229</p></td><td><p>10.8</p></td></tr></tbody></table><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Notes:</p></td></tr><tr><td
colspan="7"><p>1. Includes Band 3-4 / Prison Officer (incl specialists), Band 4 /
Supervising Officer and Band 5 / Custodial Managers.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><p>2.
Movements due to machinery of Government changes or due to staff transferring to or
from the private sector as a result of changes in the management of establishments
are not included in these tables. Such movements are 151 FTE staff transferring with
Medway Secure Training Centre when HMPPS took over running it in July 2016 and 59
FTE transferring in to the newly created Youth Custody Centre in September 2017.</p></td></tr><tr><td
colspan="3"><p>3. Staff with a permanent contract of employment with HMPPS.</p></td></tr><tr><td
colspan="3"><p>4. Does not include voluntary early departure or redundancy.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>~
denotes suppressed values of 2 or fewer or other values which would allow values of
2 or fewer to be derived by subtraction. Low numbers are suppressed to prevent disclosure
in accordance with the Data Protection Act, 1998.</p><p> </p><p>We want prison officers
to stay and progress their careers. We’ve improved induction processes to ease transition
into the job, provide care and support for our staff and offer additional training.
These measures are part of the work we are doing directly with Governors to address
local issues and ensure experienced staff and new recruits remain in the service.</p>
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