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<p>During 2023, 21 prisons received Band 3 officers on National Detached Duty. The
table attached shows the average number of detached duty staff deployed at each site
in each month.</p><p>It is not possible, without incurring disproportionate cost,
to provide the remaining information requested, as this would require a detailed examination
of individual records.</p><p>We are doing more than ever to attract and retain the
best staff, including boosting salaries and launching our first-ever nationwide advertising
campaign. These efforts are working - we have over 4,800 FTE additional officers between
March 2017 and December 2023, and retention rates for prison staff are improving.</p><p>We
have committed to recruiting up to 5,000 additional prison officers across public
and private prisons by the mid-2020s.</p>
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