Month<\/strong><\/p><\/td>Indicative vacancies (FTE)<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>Jan-18<\/p><\/td> | 104<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Jan-19<\/p><\/td> | 14<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Jan-20<\/p><\/td> | 62<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Jan-21<\/p><\/td> | 86<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Jan-22<\/p><\/td> | 127<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Jan-23<\/p><\/td> | 323<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> Notes <\/strong><\/p>- All data is taken from Workforce Planning Tool returns and show the average position across January for each year, adjusted for joiners and leavers in the month.<\/li>
- Workforce Planning Tool returns are manually completed by Prisons each month and, as with any manual returns, are subject to human error.<\/li>
- Data shows average resource across the month, adjusted for joiners and leavers in the month.<\/li>
- The Long Term & High Security Estate South includes: Belmarsh, Isle of Wight, Long Lartin, Swaleside, Whitemoor and Woodhill.<\/li>
- Indicative vacancies are the difference between Target Staffing levels and Staff in Post at an individual establishment level. Where Staff in Post (FTE) exceeds Target Staffing (FTE) for an establishment, the number of indicative vacancies has been shown as 0 FTE. Indicative vacancies have been summed across establishments to give the number of indicative vacancies for LTHSE South.<\/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>
- The Target Staffing Figures are set on a site-specific basis and vary in size. Over the reporting period in question, Target Staffing levels for the LTHSE estate has increased which in part explains the increase in vacancies.<\/li>
- Band 3 Prison Officers include 'Prison Officer - Band 3' and 'Prison Officer - Youth Justice Worker - Band 3'.<\/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>
- 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 Ministry of Justice does not regularly present vacancy data and the data presented should be treated with caution.<\/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>
- Where prisons are not at their Target Staffing level, these are routinely supplemented (e.g., by using Payment Plus, a form of overtime) which is not accounted for in the indicative vacancy data provided. 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 data.<\/li><\/ul>
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many vacancies there were for band 3 prison officers in the Long Term High Security Estate - South at the start of each year from 2017 to 2023.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1701330/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " 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> Our latest published HMPPS workforce statistics present data up to 31 December 2023. While you have asked for data as at 16 April 2024, we are unable to provide data for periods following December 2023 as this could pre-empt the next set of published Staff in Post data, which will be released on Thursday 16 May 2024. Once updated staffing data have been published in May, including data up to 31 March 2024, we will then be able to consider questions related to vacancy data up to and including March 2024.<\/p> In December 2023, across the whole of the Public Sector Prison estate in England and Wales (including the Youth Custody Service) for Band 3-5 Prison Officers, Staff in Post was 63 FTE below the Target Staffing level. 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. Where possible, prisons with surplus staff are likely to be sending those staff to work on Detached Duty at prisons with vacancies. 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> In December 2023, there were just under 790 FTE Band 3-5 Prison Officer indicative vacancies across individual Public Sector Prison establishments in England and Wales, where Staff in Post was below their Target Staffing level, and just over 720 FTE indicative number of surplus staff across individual Public Sector Prison establishments, in establishments where Staff in Post was above their Target Staffing level.<\/p> Table One (below) shows the total Band 3, Band 4 and Band 5 Prison Officer indicative vacancies (FTE) across Public Sector Prisons England & Wales, by region, as of December 2023. Table Two attached shows total Band 3, Band 4 and Band 5 Prison Officer indicative vacancies (FTE) across Public Sector Prisons England & Wales, by region, December 2023.<\/p> <\/p> Table One: Total Band 3, Band 4 and Band 5 Prison Officer indicative vacancies (FTE) across Public Sector Prisons England & Wales, by region (summed from the establishment level in Annex A), December 2023<\/strong><\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Region<\/p><\/td> | Band 3 Indicative Vacancies<\/p><\/td> | Band 4 Indicative Vacancies<\/p><\/td> | Band 5 Indicative Vacancies<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Avon, South Dorset and Wiltshire Prisons<\/p><\/td> | 30<\/p><\/td> | 6<\/p><\/td> | 5<\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Norfolk Prisons<\/p><\/td> | 10<\/p><\/td> | 13<\/p><\/td> | 6<\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Cumbria & Lancashire Prisons<\/p><\/td> | 0<\/p><\/td> | 6<\/p><\/td> | 5<\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Devon and North Dorset Prisons<\/p><\/td> | 12<\/p><\/td> | 3<\/p><\/td> | 0<\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td><\/tr> | East Midlands Prisons<\/p><\/td> | 22<\/p><\/td> | 7<\/p><\/td> | 14<\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Greater Manchester, Merseyside & Cheshire Prisons<\/p><\/td> | 0<\/p><\/td> | 8<\/p><\/td> | 4<\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Hertfordshire, Essex and Suffolk Prisons<\/p><\/td> | 11<\/p><\/td> | 8<\/p><\/td> | 0<\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Kent, Surrey and Sussex Prisons<\/p><\/td> | 59<\/p><\/td> | 10<\/p><\/td> | 9<\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td><\/tr> | London Prisons<\/p><\/td> | 13<\/p><\/td> | 36<\/p><\/td> | 22<\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Long Term High Security Estate - North<\/p><\/td> | 12<\/p><\/td> | 23<\/p><\/td> | 7<\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Long Term High Security Estate - South<\/p><\/td> | 259<\/p><\/td> | 49<\/p><\/td> | 33<\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td><\/tr> | North East Prisons<\/p><\/td> | 0<\/p><\/td> | 12<\/p><\/td> | 10<\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td><\/tr> | North Midlands Prisons<\/p><\/td> | 0<\/p><\/td> | 8<\/p><\/td> | 7<\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td><\/tr> | South Central Prisons<\/p><\/td> | 48<\/p><\/td> | 25<\/p><\/td> | 7<\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td><\/tr> | West Midlands Prisons<\/p><\/td> | 0<\/p><\/td> | 10<\/p><\/td> | 15<\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Women's Prison Group<\/p><\/td> | 25<\/p><\/td> | 3<\/p><\/td> | 9<\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Yorkshire Prisons<\/p><\/td> | 4<\/p><\/td> | 4<\/p><\/td> | 10<\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Youth Custody Services*<\/p><\/td> | -<\/p><\/td> | -<\/p><\/td> | 31<\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Wales<\/p><\/td> | 36<\/p><\/td> | 4<\/p><\/td> | 1<\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td><\/tr> | <\/p><\/td> | 541<\/strong><\/p><\/td>237<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 196<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> * In addition, there were 76 FTE vacancies across the Band 3 and 4 grades combined for the Youth Custody Services. In the Youth Custody Services there are a considerable number of staff employed at Band 3 grade working against the Band 4 target as they work towards becoming Band 4 Youth Justice Workers. As a result, we have merged the Band 3 and 4 grades for these five institutions.<\/p> Notes on data in this response<\/strong><\/p>- All data is taken from Workforce Planning Tool returns and shows the average position across the month (as of December 2023), adjusted for joiners and leavers in the month.<\/li>
- Data only covers Public Sector Prison establishments (including the four Young Offenders Institutions (Cookham Wood, Feltham, Werrington and Wetherby)) in England and Wales (and the Youth Custody Service) and will not reflect any Band 3 \u2013 5 Prison Officers who are working in headquarters establishments (e.g. area offices), Public Sector Prisons in Wales or Privately Managed Prisons.<\/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>
- Indicative vacancies are the difference between Target Staffing levels and Staff in Post across the entire Public Sector Prison estate in England and Wales at prisons (and the Youth Custody Service) 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 and Wales (and the Youth Custody Service) at prisons where Staff in Post is above their Target Staffing level.<\/li>
- In Table One we have summed indicative vacancies at the Public Sector Prison establishment level to produce the table showing indicative vacancies at the regional level.<\/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>
- The Target Staffing Figures are set on a site-specific basis and vary in size.<\/li>
- Band 3-5 Officers includes Band 3-4 / Prison Officers (including specialists), Band 4 / Supervising Officers, and Band 5 / Custodial Managers.<\/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>
- 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>
- 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>
- There will be some prisons in our data who appear to have a surplus of staff at the Band 3 or Band 4 grades whereas in reality some of these staff are temporarily promoted to more senior grades. Temporary promotions will not be visible in this data and so these roles will appear as vacancies.<\/li><\/ol>"}
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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> 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>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> 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> Notes<\/strong><\/p>- 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>
- Data only covers Public Sector Prison establishments in England and will not reflect any Band 3 \u2013 5 Prison Officers who are working in headquarters establishments (e.g. area offices), Public Sector Prisons in Wales or Privately Managed Prisons.<\/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>
- 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>
- 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>
- The Target Staffing Figures are set on a site-specific basis and vary in size.<\/li>
- Band 3-5 Officers includes Band 3-4 / Prison Officers (including specialists), Band 4 / Supervising Officers, and Band 5 / Custodial Managers.<\/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>
- 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>
- 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>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officer vacancies there were in England on 31 December 2023.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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Workforce figures have only been published up to September 2023. Data up to December 2023 is set to be published on the 15 February 2024 and until these workforce figures are released, we are unable to respond to this question as any data provided could pre-empt the February publication.<\/p> Notes:<\/p> The workforce figures will be published here - https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-offender-management-service-workforce-statistics<\/a>.<\/p>"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1668637/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "Total Band 3-5 Prison Officer indicative vacancies (FTE) across Public Sector Prison Establishments in England & Wales, June 2023<\/strong><\/p>Month<\/strong><\/p><\/td>Indicative vacancies (FTE)<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>Jun-23<\/p><\/td> | 879<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> We have only provided data for June 2023, aligning with the most recent data published in the HMPPS Workforce Quarterly Statistics (scheduled for 16 November 2023). This is because vacancy figures, whilst not published are linked to information that will be released shortly and could therefore prejudice the proper release of that data. Therefore we are only able to provide a limited response.<\/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.<\/p> These efforts are working - we have hired over 4,000 additional officers since March 2017 and retention rates for prison staff are improving.<\/p> - All data is taken from Workforce Planning Tools and shows the average position across the month, adjusted for joiners and leavers in the month.<\/li>
- Data only covers prison establishments and will not reflect any Band 3 \u2013 5 Prison Officers who are working in headquarters establishments.<\/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>
- Indicative vacancies are the difference between Target Staffing and Staff in Post across the entire England & Wales prison estate.<\/li>
- Target Staffing 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>
- The Target Staffing Figures are set on a site-specific basis and vary in size.<\/li>
- Band 3-5 Officers includes Band 3-4 / Prison Officers (including specialists), Band 4 / Supervising Officers, and Band 5 / Custodial Managers.<\/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>
- 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>
- Where prisons are not at their Target Staffing level, these are routinely supplemented (e.g., by using Payment Plus, a form of overtime) which is not accounted for in the indicative vacancy data provided. 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 data.<\/li>
- The above 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. In reality, 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 fair reflection of the overall national position.<\/li><\/ul>"}
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Flexibility to determine elements of their staffing complement has been devolved to prison governors and there has been variation over time on how they choose to fill roles at a local level and manage their vacancy rates. Therefore, there has been no routine collation and publication of yearly vacancy rates at a regional level.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers vacancies were not filled in each prison in (a) May 2018 (b) May 2019.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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