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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2024-05-16more like thismore than 2024-05-16
answering body
Department for Transport more like this
answering dept id 27 more like this
answering dept short name Transport more like this
answering dept sort name Transport more like this
hansard heading Buses: Carbon Emissions more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 18 April 2024 to Question 21868 on Buses: Carbon Emissions, how many and what proportion of the buses allocated funding under the Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas scheme 1 (a) are on the road in each local transport authority and (b) (i) have been and (ii) will be manufactured in the UK. more like this
tabling member constituency Wakefield more like this
tabling member printed
Simon Lightwood more like this
uin 26803 more like this
answer
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is ministerial correction true remove filter
date of answer less than 2024-05-21more like thismore than 2024-05-21
answer text <p>This Government has invested £410m into the Zero Emission Bus programmes since 2020, which has funded over <del class="ministerial">5,200</del> <ins class="ministerial">2,200</ins> buses across England.</p><p> </p><p>The Zero Emission Bus Regional Area (ZEBRA) 1 programme was launched in 2021 and awarded £270m funding to 16 local transport authorities (LTAs) in England (outside of London).</p><p> </p><p>ZEBs produced and sold in the UK are supported by a global supply chain; the below table outlines bus manufacturer’s location. The numbers in this table are not official statistics: they are based on the latest information available and are therefore indicative and subject to change.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p>ZEBRA 1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Local Transport Authority</p></td><td><p>Number of buses on the road</p></td><td><p>Bus manufacturer &amp; Location</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blackpool Council</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>Bus manufacturer subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridgeshire &amp; Peterborough Combined Authority</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>Volvo (Sweden)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>City of York Council</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>Wrightbus (UK)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater Manchester Combined Authority</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>Volvo (Sweden)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hertfordshire County Council</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>Bus manufacturer subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kent County Council</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>Volvo (Sweden)   <br /> Irizar (Spain)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leicester City Council</p></td><td><p>116</p></td><td><p>110 – Wrightbus (UK)    <br /> 6 – Pelican/Yutong (UK/China)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norfolk County Council</p></td><td><p>68</p></td><td><p>Wrightbus (UK)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Yorkshire County Council</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>EvoBus/Mercedes (Germany) Alexander Dennis Ltd (UK)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham City Council</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>Pelican/Yutong (UK/China)   <br /> Bus manufacturer for remaining buses subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oxfordshire County Council</p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p>Wrightbus (UK) <br /> Alexander Dennis Ltd (UK)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portsmouth City Council &amp; Hampshire County Council</p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p>Wrightbus (UK)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Yorkshire Combined Authority</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>4 – Alexander Dennis Ltd (UK)    <br /> 23 – Pelican/Yutong (UK/China)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warrington Borough Council</p></td><td><p>105</p></td><td><p>Volvo (Sweden)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands Combined Authority</p></td><td><p>124</p></td><td><p>Bus manufacturer subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Yorkshire Combined Authority</p></td><td><p>146</p></td><td><p>131 – Wrightbus (UK) <br /> 15 – Mercedes (Germany)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p>
answering member constituency Hexham more like this
answering member printed Guy Opperman more like this
question first answered
less than 2024-05-21T15:07:02.007Zmore like thismore than 2024-05-21T15:07:02.007Z
question first ministerially corrected
less than 2024-05-23T08:23:41.937Zmore like thismore than 2024-05-23T08:23:41.937Z
answering member
4142
label Biography information for Guy Opperman more like this
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answering member constituency Hexham more like this
answering member printed Guy Opperman more like this
answering member
4142
label Biography information for Guy Opperman more like this
tabling member
4943
label Biography information for Simon Lightwood more like this
1718345
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2024-05-15more like thismore than 2024-05-15
answering body
Ministry of Defence more like this
answering dept id 11 more like this
answering dept short name Defence more like this
answering dept sort name Defence more like this
hansard heading Armed Forces: Recruitment more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 25 July 2023 to Question 194671, what his Department's recruitment targets for the armed forces are for 2024-25. more like this
tabling member constituency Wentworth and Dearne more like this
tabling member printed
John Healey more like this
uin 26345 more like this
answer
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is ministerial correction true remove filter
date of answer less than 2024-05-24more like thismore than 2024-05-24
answer text <p>Recruitment targets for Regular Serving personnel in 2024-25 currently are summarised below:</p><p><strong>Royal Navy</strong></p><p>Officers 450</p><p>Sailors 2,864</p><p> </p><p><strong>Army</strong></p><p>Officers 677</p><p>Soldiers 9,800</p><p> </p><p><strong>Royal Air Force</strong></p><p>Officers 462</p><p>Aviators 2,615</p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">In my answers to Questions 7264, 8358, 12118 and 17290, I incorrectly stated that there were no recruitment targets for officers.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">I have therefore provided below the historic Army recruitment targets for officers, as contained within the Recruiting Partnering Project (RPP) Demand Plan. The Plan reflects the number of personnel that Capita are directed to recruit annually. The figures include Direct Entrants and Professionally Qualified Officers.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The RPP started in 2012. Please note that data pre-dating 2014 could not be accessed in the time available.</ins></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Year</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>OF Reg </strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>OF Res </strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">14-15</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">709</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">362</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">15-16</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">742</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">368</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">16-17</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">747</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">318</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">17-18</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">713</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">372</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">18-19</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">696</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">241</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">19-20</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">713</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">315</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">20-21</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">700</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">230</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">21-22</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">688</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">125</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">22-23</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">610</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">220</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">23-24</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">644</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">220</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">In relation to the question asking for the target for recruitment of officers into the British Army for each of the first three quarters in the 2023-24 financial year; please note that OF in-year targets are based on the intakes to the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS), of which there are three a year. The following reflects the target by intake, rather than quarter.</ins></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>RY</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Target</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">RY23 1</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">152</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">RY23 2</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">227</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">RY23 3</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">152</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Data is sourced from Army Recruiting and Initial Training Command and reflect single Service estimates.</ins></p><p> </p>
answering member constituency South West Wiltshire more like this
answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison more like this
question first answered
less than 2024-05-24T08:07:19.573Zmore like thismore than 2024-05-24T08:07:19.573Z
question first ministerially corrected
less than 2024-05-24T13:20:36.787Zmore like thismore than 2024-05-24T13:20:36.787Z
answering member
1466
label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison more like this
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answering member constituency South West Wiltshire more like this
answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison more like this
answering member
1466
label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison more like this
tabling member
400
label Biography information for John Healey more like this
1717760
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2024-05-13more like thismore than 2024-05-13
answering body
Ministry of Defence more like this
answering dept id 11 more like this
answering dept short name Defence more like this
answering dept sort name Defence more like this
hansard heading Portsmouth Dockyard more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel are based at HMNB Portsmouth as of May 2024. more like this
tabling member constituency Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport more like this
tabling member printed
Luke Pollard more like this
uin 25976 more like this
answer
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is ministerial correction true remove filter
date of answer less than 2024-05-16more like thismore than 2024-05-16
answer text <p>As of 1 January 2024, there were <del class="ministerial">1,650</del> <ins class="ministerial">5,760</ins> personnel based at HMNB Portsmouth. Due to the method used to capture personnel data, this is the most current available figure.</p> more like this
answering member constituency South West Wiltshire more like this
answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison more like this
question first answered
less than 2024-05-16T13:50:49.22Zmore like thismore than 2024-05-16T13:50:49.22Z
question first ministerially corrected
less than 2024-05-24T13:43:48.967Zmore like thismore than 2024-05-24T13:43:48.967Z
answering member
1466
label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison more like this
previous answer version
34373
answering member constituency South West Wiltshire more like this
answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison more like this
answering member
1466
label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison more like this
tabling member
4682
label Biography information for Luke Pollard more like this
1714842
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2024-04-30more like thismore than 2024-04-30
answering body
Department for Education more like this
answering dept id 60 more like this
answering dept short name Education more like this
answering dept sort name Education more like this
hansard heading Education: Standards more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the requirement for Academy schools to provide parents with an annual report of their child's progress. more like this
tabling member constituency Linlithgow and East Falkirk more like this
tabling member printed
Martyn Day more like this
uin 24264 more like this
answer
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is ministerial correction true remove filter
date of answer less than 2024-05-08more like thismore than 2024-05-08
answer text <p>Education is a devolved matter, and the response outlines the information for England only.</p><p>The department has not made any recent assessment of this requirement. The requirements on academies in relation to reporting on pupils’ progress to parents are set out in <ins class="ministerial">paragraph 32(1)(f) of the Schedule to The Education (Independent School Standards) Regulations 2014</ins> <del class="ministerial">paragraph 24 of Schedule 1 to The Education (Independent School Standards) (England) Regulations 2010.</del> These regulations can be accessed here: <ins class="ministerial"><a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/3283/made" target="_blank">https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/3283/made</a>.</ins> <del class="ministerial"><a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/1997/contents/made" target="_blank">https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/1997/contents/made</a>.</del></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> more like this
answering member constituency East Hampshire more like this
answering member printed Damian Hinds more like this
question first answered
less than 2024-05-08T14:52:16.927Zmore like thismore than 2024-05-08T14:52:16.927Z
question first ministerially corrected
less than 2024-05-14T13:49:14.537Zmore like thisremove minimum value filter
answering member
3969
label Biography information for Damian Hinds more like this
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answering member constituency East Hampshire more like this
answering member printed Damian Hinds more like this
answering member
3969
label Biography information for Damian Hinds more like this
tabling member
4488
label Biography information for Martyn Day more like this
1713617
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2024-04-24more like thismore than 2024-04-24
answering body
Ministry of Defence more like this
answering dept id 11 more like this
answering dept short name Defence more like this
answering dept sort name Defence more like this
hansard heading Clyde Naval Base more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel are based at HMNB Clyde. more like this
tabling member constituency Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport more like this
tabling member printed
Luke Pollard more like this
uin 23570 more like this
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is ministerial correction true remove filter
date of answer less than 2024-05-02more like thismore than 2024-05-02
answer text <p>These figures are reported annually and are accurate as of 01 January 2024. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10 to prevent inadvertent disclosure, and numbers ending in &quot;5&quot; have been rounded to the nearest 20 to prevent systematic bias.</p><p> </p><p>University Royal Navy Units (URNU) members, both Training Officers and the Officer Cadets, are all civilians with a status akin to Cadet Force Adult Volunteers and are not members of the Maritime Reserves.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Bases </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Service Personnel </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RM Condor</p></td><td><p>440</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMS Caledonia</p></td><td><p>280</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMS Dalriada</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMNB Clyde</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1910</del> <ins class="ministerial">3810</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMS Scotia</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>URNU East Scotland</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
answering member constituency South Suffolk more like this
answering member printed James Cartlidge more like this
question first answered
less than 2024-05-02T10:53:43.3Zmore like thismore than 2024-05-02T10:53:43.3Z
question first ministerially corrected
less than 2024-05-24T13:20:49.737Zmore like thismore than 2024-05-24T13:20:49.737Z
answering member
4519
label Biography information for James Cartlidge more like this
previous answer version
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answering member constituency South Suffolk more like this
answering member printed James Cartlidge more like this
answering member
4519
label Biography information for James Cartlidge more like this
tabling member
4682
label Biography information for Luke Pollard more like this
1700960
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2024-04-15more like thismore than 2024-04-15
answering body
Ministry of Defence more like this
answering dept id 11 more like this
answering dept short name Defence more like this
answering dept sort name Defence more like this
hansard heading Armed Forces: Health more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of armed forces personnel were (a) Medically Not Deployable and (b) Medically Limited Deployable in each year since 2010, broken down by service branch. more like this
tabling member constituency Mitcham and Morden more like this
tabling member printed
Dame Siobhain McDonagh more like this
uin 21508 more like this
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is ministerial correction true remove filter
date of answer less than 2024-05-13more like thismore than 2024-05-13
answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The following table provides the number (n) and proportion of UK Armed Forces personnel, broken down by Service, with a Medical Deployability Standard of Medically Limited Deployable (MLD) and Medically Non-Deployable (MND), as at 1 April of each year from 2010 to 2023:</del></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Service</strong></del></p></td><td colspan="4"><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Royal Navy</strong></del></p></td><td colspan="4"><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Army</strong></del></p></td><td colspan="4"><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>RAF</strong></del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>MLD</strong></del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>MND</strong></del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>MLD</strong></del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>MND</strong></del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>MLD</strong></del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>MND</strong></del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Date</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>n</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>%</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>n</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>%</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>n</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>%</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>n</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>%</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>n</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>%</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>n</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>%</strong></del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">01-Apr-10</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1,843</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">5.2%</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2,938</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">8.3%</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">14,786</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">14.5%</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">6,736</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">6.6%</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1,472</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">3.7%</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">3,941</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">9.8%</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">01-Apr-11</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1,995</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">5.6%</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2,882</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">8.1%</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">15,217</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">15.0%</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">6,952</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">6.9%</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1,616</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">4.0%</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">3,966</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">9.9%</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">01-Apr-12</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1,786</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">5.4%</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2,866</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">8.6%</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">14,319</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">14.5%</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">7,480</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">7.6%</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1,561</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">4.1%</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">3,865</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">10.1%</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">01-Apr-13</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1,825</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">5.8%</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2,697</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">8.6%</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">12,237</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">13.0%</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">8,021</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">8.5%</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1,402</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">4.0%</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">3,634</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">10.3%</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">01-Apr-14</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1,732</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">5.7%</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2,859</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">9.4%</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">10,667</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">12.2%</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">7,938</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">9.1%</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1,412</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">4.3%</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">3,599</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">10.8%</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">01-Apr-15</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1,846</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">6.1%</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2,840</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">9.4%</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">10,122</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">12.3%</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">8,246</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">10.0%</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1,433</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">4.5%</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">3,461</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">10.9%</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">01-Apr-16</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1,932</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">6.5%</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2,892</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">9.7%</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">10,001</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">12.5%</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">8,308</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">10.4%</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1,618</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">5.2%</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">3,622</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">11.7%</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">01-Apr-17</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2,044</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">6.9%</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2,722</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">9.2%</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">9,971</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">12.7%</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">7,890</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">10.1%</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1,845</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">6.0%</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">3,304</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">10.7%</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">01-Apr-18</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2,032</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">6.9%</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2,762</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">9.4%</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">10,005</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">13.0%</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">6,907</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">9.0%</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1,952</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">6.4%</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">3,321</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">10.9%</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">01-Apr-19</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2,145</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">7.3%</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2,864</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">9.8%</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">9,964</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">13.3%</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">6,702</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">8.9%</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2,139</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">7.1%</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">3,480</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">11.6%</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">01-Apr-20</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2,279</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">7.8%</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2,930</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">10.1%</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">9,434</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">12.8%</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">6,667</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">9.0%</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2,310</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">7.8%</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">3,675</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">12.4%</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">01-Apr-21</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2,396</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">8.1%</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2,899</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">9.8%</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">8,937</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">11.6%</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">6,447</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">8.4%</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2,399</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">8.0%</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">3,455</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">11.5%</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">01-Apr-22</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2,306</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">7.7%</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">3,279</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">11.0%</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">9,388</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">12.2%</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">7,600</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">9.8%</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2,458</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">8.2%</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">3,884</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">13.0%</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">01-Apr-23</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2,197</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">7.5%</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">3,286</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">11.2%</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">9,263</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">12.4%</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">7,669</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">10.2%</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2,488</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">8.5%</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">4,081</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">13.9%</del></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><ins class="ministerial">Medically downgraded personnel are those personnel who have been assessed by a medical board and subsequently awarded a Medical Deployability Standard of either Medically Limited Deployable (MLD) or Medically Non Deployable (MND).</ins></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">The rise in MLD and MND rates is likely to be multifactorial and is a result of extrinsic and intrinsic factors. MOD are committed to retaining personnel in specialist trades or who possess niche skills that benefit Defence, and this may contribute to the increasing number of MLD and MND personnel. However, there are a range of interventions being delivered to address employability and deployability which are intended to mitigate the impact on Defence whilst continuing to provide the necessary medical support to our people.</ins></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">The following table provides the number and proportion of UK Armed Forces personnel, broken down by service, with a Medical Deployability Standard of Medically Limited Deployable (MLD) and Medically Non-Deployable (MND), as at 01 April of each year from 2010 to 2023:</ins></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Service</strong></ins></p></td><td colspan="4"><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Royal Navy</strong></ins></p></td><td colspan="4"><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Army</strong></ins></p></td><td colspan="4"><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>RAF</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>MLD</strong></ins></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>MND</strong></ins></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>MLD</strong></ins></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>MND</strong></ins></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>MLD</strong></ins></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>MND</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Date</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>n</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>%</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>n</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>%</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>n</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>%</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>n</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>%</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>n</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>%</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>n</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>%</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">01-Apr-10</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1,843</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">5.2%</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2,938</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">8.3%</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">14,786</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">14.5%</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">6,736</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">6.6%</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1,472</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">3.7%</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">3,941</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">9.8%</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">01-Apr-11</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1,995</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">5.6%</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2,882</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">8.1%</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">15,217</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">15.0%</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">6,952</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">6.9%</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1,616</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">4.0%</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">3,966</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">9.9%</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">01-Apr-12</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1,786</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">5.4%</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2,866</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">8.6%</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">14,319</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">14.5%</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">7,480</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">7.6%</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1,561</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">4.1%</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">3,865</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">10.1%</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">01-Apr-13</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1,825</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">5.8%</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2,697</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">8.6%</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">12,237</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">13.0%</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">8,021</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">8.5%</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1,402</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">4.0%</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">3,634</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">10.3%</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">01-Apr-14</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1,732</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">5.7%</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2,859</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">9.4%</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">10,667</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">12.2%</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">7,938</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">9.1%</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1,412</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">4.3%</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">3,599</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">10.8%</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">01-Apr-15</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1,846</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">6.1%</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2,840</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">9.4%</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">10,122</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">12.3%</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">8,246</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">10.0%</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1,433</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">4.5%</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">3,461</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">10.9%</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">01-Apr-16</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1,932</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">6.5%</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2,892</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">9.7%</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">10,001</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">12.5%</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">8,308</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">10.4%</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1,618</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">5.2%</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">3,622</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">11.7%</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">01-Apr-17</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2,044</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">6.9%</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2,722</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">9.2%</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">9,971</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">12.7%</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">7,890</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">10.1%</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1,845</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">6.0%</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">3,304</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">10.7%</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">01-Apr-18</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2,032</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">6.9%</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2,762</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">9.4%</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">10,005</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">13.0%</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">6,907</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">9.0%</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1,952</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">6.4%</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">3,321</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">10.9%</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">01-Apr-19</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2,145</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">7.3%</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2,864</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">9.8%</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">9,964</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">13.3%</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">6,702</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">8.9%</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2,139</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">7.1%</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">3,480</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">11.6%</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">01-Apr-20</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2,279</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">7.8%</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2,930</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">10.1%</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">9,434</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">12.8%</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">6,667</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">9.0%</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2,310</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">7.8%</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">3,675</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">12.4%</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">01-Apr-21</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2,396</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">8.1%</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2,899</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">9.8%</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">8,937</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">11.6%</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">6,447</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">8.4%</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2,399</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">8.0%</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">3,455</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">11.5%</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">01-Apr-22</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2,306</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">7.7%</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">3,279</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">11.0%</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">9,388</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">12.2%</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">7,600</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">9.8%</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2,458</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">8.2%</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">3,884</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">13.0%</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">01-Apr-23</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2,197</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">7.5%</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">3,286</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">11.2%</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">9,263</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">12.4%</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">7,669</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">10.2%</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2,488</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">8.5%</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">4,081</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">13.9%</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
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answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison more like this
question first answered
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question first ministerially corrected
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answering member
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label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison more like this
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answering member constituency South West Wiltshire more like this
answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison more like this
answering member
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label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison more like this
tabling member
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label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh more like this
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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2024-03-19more like thismore than 2024-03-19
answering body
Ministry of Justice more like this
answering dept id 54 more like this
answering dept short name Justice more like this
answering dept sort name Justice more like this
hansard heading Prison Sentences more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask His Majesty's Government, excluding sexual or violent offences, under what circumstances can someone subject to an Imprisonment for Public Protection sentence who has completed their license period have earlier, minor offences dropped from their record. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Blunkett more like this
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is ministerial correction true remove filter
date of answer less than 2024-04-04more like thismore than 2024-04-04
answer text <p>The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (the ROA) sets out when an offender is considered to be ‘rehabilitated’ for the purposes of the Act and the relevant rehabilitation periods for cautions and convictions (also referred to as when a caution or a conviction become ‘spent’). This does not mean that an offence is dropped from their record, rather that the offender only needs to disclose the spent caution or conviction in some circumstances.</p><p>The ROA also provides that where a person commits another offence before the first has become spent, then the rehabilitation periods <ins class="ministerial">for all sentences</ins> are extended to the longest period. <ins class="ministerial">This is set out in section 6 of the ROA and referred to as ‘the drag on effect’.</ins> The ROA sets out that<del class="ministerial">, as with other indeterminate sentences, IPP sentences</del> <ins class="ministerial">Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) and Detention for Public Protection (DPP) sentences are excluded from rehabilitation and therefore</ins> can never become spent, regardless of whether the licence is terminated or not. <del class="ministerial">The same, therefore, applies to any unspent caution or conviction imposed on the offender prior to the IPP sentence.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">We have taken action through the Victims and Prisoners Bill to curtail IPP licence periods to give offenders the opportunity to move on with their lives. Whether the ROA should be reviewed in the light of these changes would require further consideration in the context of indeterminate sentences generally.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">A conviction imposed on an offender before a sentence of IPP will not be spent if, at the time the IPP or DPP was imposed, the sentence for that conviction was still in its rehabilitation period. However, any sentence which is not excluded from rehabilitation, and is received after an IPP or DPP sentence is imposed, will become spent in respect of the usual rehabilitation periods set out in section 5 and 6 of the ROA. </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The ROA is kept under review but there are no plans to make further changes at this time. </ins></p>
answering member printed Lord Bellamy more like this
question first answered
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question first ministerially corrected
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answering member
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label Biography information for Lord Bellamy more like this
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answering member printed Lord Bellamy more like this
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label Biography information for Lord Bellamy more like this
tabling member
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label Biography information for Lord Blunkett more like this
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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2024-02-16more like thismore than 2024-02-16
answering body
Ministry of Justice more like this
answering dept id 54 more like this
answering dept short name Justice more like this
answering dept sort name Justice more like this
hansard heading Prison Officers: Vacancies more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
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pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officer vacancies there were in England on 31 December 2023. more like this
tabling member constituency Brentford and Isleworth more like this
tabling member printed
Ruth Cadbury more like this
uin 14369 more like this
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is ministerial correction true remove filter
date of answer less than 2024-02-22more like thismore than 2024-02-22
answer text <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><ins class="ministerial">In December 2023, across the whole of the Public Sector Prison estate in England for Band 3-5 Prison Officers, Staff in Post was 40 FTE below the Target Staffing level. </ins></p><p>This figure is a combination of indicative vacancies at prisons with Staff in Post below their Target Staffing level and the indicative number of surplus staff at other prisons where Staff in Post is above their Target Staffing level. Prisons with surplus staff are likely to be sending those staff to work on Detached Duty at prisons with vacancies, and therefore netting vacancies against surpluses is a reasonable reflection of the overall national position.</p><p>At times, we have intentionally over-recruited in certain prisons or regions to give the system wider resilience and where prisons are not at their Target Staffing level. Use of Detached Duty, a long-standing mechanism to deploy staff from one prison or region to support another, is also not reflected in the indicative vacancies number.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes</strong></p><ol><li>All data is taken from Workforce Planning Tool returns and shows the average position across the month, adjusted for joiners and leavers in the month.</li><li>Data only covers Public Sector Prison establishments in England and will not reflect any Band 3 – 5 Prison Officers who are working in headquarters establishments (e.g. area offices), Public Sector Prisons in Wales or Privately Managed Prisons.</li><li>Workforce Planning Tool returns are manually completed by staff in prisons each month and, as with any manual returns, are subject to human error.</li><li>Indicative vacancies are the difference between Target Staffing levels and Staff in Post across the entire Public Sector Prison estate in England at prisons with Staff in Post below their Target Staffing level. Indicative surpluses are the difference between Target Staffing levels and Staff in Post across the entire Public Sector Prison estate in England at prisons where Staff in Post is above their Target Staffing level.</li><li>Target Staffing level is the number of staff required to run an optimal regime in each prison. This level is greater than the minimum number of staff required for a prison to operate safely, and includes allowances for staff taking leave, being off sick or being on training.</li><li>The Target Staffing Figures are set on a site-specific basis and vary in size.</li><li>Band 3-5 Officers includes Band 3-4 / Prison Officers (including specialists), Band 4 / Supervising Officers, and Band 5 / Custodial Managers.</li><li>Target Staffing levels are established based on a 39-hour working week. Staff in Post (FTE) is set at 1.0 FTE for those on a 39-hour contract / 1.05 FTE for those on a 41-hour contract and 0.95 FTE for those on a 37-hour contract.</li><li>Target Staffing levels cannot be used to directly calculate vacancies due to the discretion governors have to change establishment level staffing requirements through Governors' Freedoms. As a result, the MoJ does not currently regularly present vacancy data and the data presented should be treated as indicative.</li><li>Staff in Post data used to calculate an indicative number of vacancies does not take into account those on long-term absences (e.g. career breaks) / loans / secondments / agency staff or other forms of overtime.</li></ol>
answering member constituency Charnwood more like this
answering member printed Edward Argar more like this
question first answered
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question first ministerially corrected
less than 2024-05-23T15:57:37.563Zmore like thismore than 2024-05-23T15:57:37.563Z
answering member
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label Biography information for Edward Argar more like this
previous answer version
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answering member constituency Charnwood more like this
answering member printed Edward Argar more like this
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label Biography information for Edward Argar more like this
tabling member
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label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury more like this