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<br /><p>The National Offender Management Service (NOMS) has a range of Prevent awareness
training and briefing packages available for staff. Since April 2015 data has been
collated recording the amount of training provided to staff in prisons and probation
on extremism awareness.</p><p>Between April 2015 and September 2015, 4,100 hours of
training were delivered to over 4,900 staff in prisons directly managed by NOMS. The
training is targeted at staff in prisoner facing roles. A further 650 staff from contracted
establishments have also received training during this period. There figures do not
include any staff trained before April 2015.</p><p>Since April 2015 new Prison Officers
receive Extremism Awareness Training as part of their entry level training, a total
of 1,566 since this date.</p><p>Some of the training sessions described above were
delivered to staff from more than one prison and therefore to provide information
on proportions of staff trained from each establishment would involve disproportionate
cost.</p>
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