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	registered interest
	date	24/10/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Officers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the number of prison officers.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	5069
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2019 answer text <p>Our hard-working officers play a crucial role in keeping prisons safe and transforming offenders’ lives, and ultimately make sure the public is protected.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise the need to recruit and retain staff to keep our prisons secure. We have invested significantly in increase staff numbers, recruiting an additional 4,366 (full time equivalent) prison officers between October 2016 and June 2019, surpassing our original target of 2,500. We will continue to recruit officers to ensure prisons are safe and decent.</p><p> </p><p>We’re giving staff the tools they need to do the job safely – rolling out PAVA incapacitant spray, and investing £100m to bolster security, in addition to £70 million announced previously, to fund tough airport-style security that will clamp down on the illicit items which fuel violence and hinder rehabilitation.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 30/10/2019 15:31:29 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1273075

	registered interest
	date	30/12/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Officers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prison officers are on (a) Fair and Sustainable terms and (b) closed grades, by rank.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	133071
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p>Table 1 - Number and proportion of Band 3 to 5 Prison Officer by Fair and Sustainable and Closed term and grades, as at 30 September 2020</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Headcount</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Percentage</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>F&amp;S</p></td><td><p>Closed</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>F&amp;S</p></td><td><p>Closed</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band 5 / Custodial Managers</p></td><td><p>1,696</p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p>1,752</p></td><td><p>97%</p></td><td><p>3%</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band 4 / Supervising Officer</p></td><td><p>1,407</p></td><td><p>571</p></td><td><p>1,978</p></td><td><p>71%</p></td><td><p>29%</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band 4 /Prison Officer Specialists</p></td><td><p>1,203</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1,204</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band 3 /Prison Officer</p></td><td><p>12,018</p></td><td><p>5,765</p></td><td><p>17,783</p></td><td><p>68%</p></td><td><p>32%</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>16,324</p></td><td><p>6,393</p></td><td><p>22,717</p></td><td><p>72%</p></td><td><p>28%</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 11/01/2021 17:13:52 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1273074

	registered interest
	date	30/12/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Officers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of (a) Band 3 prison officers on Fair and Sustainable terms and (b) all prison officers have (i) joined and (ii) left the Prison Service in each of the last eight quarters.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	133070
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p>Table 1 - Band 3-5 Prison Officers<sup>1</sup>, Joiners<sup>2,3 </sup>by quarter ending December 2018 to September 2020</p><p> </p><p>Headcount</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="8"><p><strong>Three months to:</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>31-Dec-18</p></td><td><p>31-Mar-19</p></td><td><p>30-Jun-19</p></td><td><p>30-Sep-19</p></td><td><p>31-Dec-19</p></td><td><p>31-Mar-20</p></td><td><p>30-Jun-20</p></td><td><p>30-Sep-20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>New Joiners</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band 3 Prison Officers on Fair and Sustainable terms</p></td><td><p>1,165</p></td><td><p>771</p></td><td><p>499</p></td><td><p>757</p></td><td><p>449</p></td><td><p>591</p></td><td><p>807</p></td><td><p>361</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All Other Band 3 to 5 Prison Officers</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total Band 3-5 Prison Officers</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,166</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>773</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>502</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>771</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>453</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>591</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>808</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>363</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Average number of staff in post</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band 3 Prison Officers on Fair and Sustainable terms</p></td><td><p>11,408</p></td><td><p>11,767</p></td><td><p>11,735</p></td><td><p>11,797</p></td><td><p>11,700</p></td><td><p>11,672</p></td><td><p>11,951</p></td><td><p>12,127</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All Other Band 3 to 5 Prison Officers</p></td><td><p>12,018</p></td><td><p>11,779</p></td><td><p>11,563</p></td><td><p>11,681</p></td><td><p>11,458</p></td><td><p>11,225</p></td><td><p>10,970</p></td><td><p>10,760</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total Band 3-5 Prison Officers</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>23,425</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>23,546</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>23,298</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>23,477</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>23,157</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>22,897</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>22,921</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>22,886</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>New Joiners as a percentage of staff in post</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band 3 prison officers on Fair and Sustainable terms</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td><td><p>3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All Other Band 3 to 5 Prison Officers</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total Band 3-5 Prison Officers</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Table 2 - Band 3-5 Prison Officer<sup>1</sup> Leavers<sup>2,3 </sup>by quarter ending December 2018 to September 2020</p><p> </p><p>Headcount</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="8"><p>Three months to:</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>31-Dec-18</p></td><td><p>31-Mar-19</p></td><td><p>30-Jun-19</p></td><td><p>30-Sep-19</p></td><td><p>31-Dec-19</p></td><td><p>31-Mar-20</p></td><td><p>30-Jun-20</p></td><td><p>30-Sep-20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Leavers</strong> Band 3 Prison Officers on Fair and Sustainable terms</p></td><td><p>454</p></td><td><p>454</p></td><td><p>475</p></td><td><p>585</p></td><td><p>487</p></td><td><p>437</p></td><td><p>266</p></td><td><p>367</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All Other Band 3 to 5 Prison Officers</p></td><td><p>232</p></td><td><p>207</p></td><td><p>227</p></td><td><p>232</p></td><td><p>219</p></td><td><p>190</p></td><td><p>167</p></td><td><p>148</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total Band 3-5 Prison Officers</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>686</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>661</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>702</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>817</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>706</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>627</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>433</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>515</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Average number of staff in post</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band 3 Prison Officers on Fair and Sustainable terms</p></td><td><p>11,408</p></td><td><p>11,767</p></td><td><p>11,735</p></td><td><p>11,797</p></td><td><p>11,700</p></td><td><p>11,672</p></td><td><p>11,951</p></td><td><p>12,127</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All Other Band 3 to 5 Prison Officers</p></td><td><p>12,018</p></td><td><p>11,779</p></td><td><p>11,563</p></td><td><p>11,681</p></td><td><p>11,458</p></td><td><p>11,225</p></td><td><p>10,970</p></td><td><p>10,760</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total Band 3-5 Prison Officers</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>23,425</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>23,546</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>23,298</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>23,477</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>23,157</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>22,897</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>22,921</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>22,886</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Leavers as a percentage of staff in post</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band 3 prison officers on Fair and Sustainable terms</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td><td><p>3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All Other Band 3 to 5 Prison Officers</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total Band 3-5 Prison Officers</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes to Tables 1 and 2:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><em>1. Includes Band 3-4 / Prison Officer (incl specialists), Band 4 / Supervising Officer and Band 5 / Custodial Managers.</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>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: </em></p></td></tr></tbody></table><table><tbody><tr><td><p><em> On July 1, 2019, 468 FTE staff transferred back into HMPPS, as HMP Birmingham came back under public ownership.</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>3. As with all HR databases, extracts are taken at a fixed point in time, to ensure consistency of reporting. However, the database itself is dynamic and where updates to the database are made late, subsequent to the taking of the extract, these updates will not be reflected in figures produced by the extract. For this reason, HR data are unlikely to be precisely accurate. </em> We are working hard to retain staff with additional training to progress their careers, and significant investment to keep them safe. All staff have access to support, including 24/7 counselling, trauma support and occupational health assessments and we are professionalising the prison service with qualifications for new officers on completion of training.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 11/01/2021 17:11:11 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon