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<p>Prison Officer recruitment has continued since the 22 April announcement. According
to the latest published workforce statistics, from October 2016 to June 2018 there
was a net increase of 3,653 full time equivalent Prison Officers.</p><p>The 3,000
additional officers figure was passed in March 2018. A precise date is not available
as our statistics use end of month data snapshots.</p><p>We met our public target
of recruiting 2,500 extra prison officers 7 months ahead of schedule.</p><p>The latest
set of HMPPS (formerly NOMS) workforce statistics covering the period to 30 June 2018
is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hm-prison-and-probation-service-workforce-quarterly-june-2018</p>
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