the Career Pathways Framework<\/li><\/ul> <\/p>
To help stem attrition we have implemented a Retention Strategy which is linked to wider activities to improve employee experience, employee lifecycle and staff engagement at work.<\/p>
<\/p>
Nationally, we have seen a substantial improvement in the national staffing picture within prisons over the past year. The number of Band 3-5 prison officers increased by 1,396 Full Time Equivalent (FTE) between March 2023 and March 2024. This is the result of significant efforts across the agency, including substantial increases in pay for staff, our first-ever nationwide advertising campaign, recruitment schemes where we incentivised applicants to relocate to \u2018harder-to-staff\u2019 sites, and the Prison Officer Alumni Network, where we have fast-tracked former staff back into the service<\/p>
.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison guards were working in high security prisons by grade on 1 May in each year since 2010.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prison officers at bands three to five had (a) less than one, (b) less than three and (c) three or more years\u2019 experience at each high-security institution on 1 May (i) 2010, (ii) 2015 and (iii) 2024.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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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>
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>
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>
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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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which prisons have used prison officers on detached duty in 2023; and how many (a) officers were deployed to each prison and (b) times those officers were deployed.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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As data on travel, subsistence and accommodation in relation to detached duty are not separately identified, it is not possible to provide the information requested.<\/p>
<\/p>
The calculation of the average additional cost associated with deployment of staff on detached duty given in response to Question 7947 included some estimated figures: for example, for the average length of journeys.<\/p>"}
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As the length of deployment for prison officers on national detached duty varies, we have provided data based on average deployment rates.<\/p>
On average 332.35 staff per week were deployed on National Detached Duty in 2023. We estimate that the<\/ins>The<\/del> average additional cost associated with this deployment is £313,093.04 per week: this includes travel and subsistence, accommodation and incentivisation costs.<\/p>"}
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<\/p>
Prisons sending staff on detached duty<\/strong><\/p><\/td>Prisons receiving staff on detached duty<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>Belmarsh<\/p><\/td> | Berwyn<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Birmingham<\/p><\/td> | Bristol<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Brinsford<\/p><\/td> | Bullingdon<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Buckley Hall<\/p><\/td> | Cookham Wood<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Bure<\/p><\/td> | Elmley<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Cardiff<\/p><\/td> | Long Lartin<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Channings Wood<\/p><\/td> | Onley<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Chelmsford<\/p><\/td> | Stocken<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Coldingley<\/p><\/td> | Swaleside<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Dartmoor<\/p><\/td> | The Mount<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Deerbolt<\/p><\/td> | Wandsworth<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Downview<\/p><\/td> | Wayland<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Durham<\/p><\/td> | Whitemoor<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | East Sutton Park<\/p><\/td> | Woodhill<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Erlestoke<\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Exeter<\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Featherstone<\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Ford<\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Frankland<\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Haverigg<\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Hindley<\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Holme House<\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Hull<\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Humber<\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Lancaster Farms<\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Leeds<\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Leicester<\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Leyhill<\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Lincoln<\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Littlehey<\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Low Newton<\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Maidstone<\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Manchester<\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Moorland<\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Morton Hall<\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td><\/tr> | New Hall<\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td><\/tr> | North Sea Camp<\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Nottingham<\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Pentonville<\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Preston<\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Risley<\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Rochester<\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Stafford<\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Stanford Hill<\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Stoke Heath<\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Swansea<\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Swinfen Hall<\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Thorn Cross<\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Usk<\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td><\/tr> | The Verne<\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Wakefield<\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Wealstun<\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Werrington<\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Wetherby<\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Whatton<\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Winchester<\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Wormwood Scrubs<\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Wymott<\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> Staff are deployed on detached duty as a tactical response to support other prisons when required, to cover staffing shortfalls, or to meet other operation requirements. It provides His Majesty\u2019s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) with a vital contingency measure to assist in maintaining good order and security in prisons.<\/p> <\/p> Despite a challenging labour market, we have seen indications of an improving resource picture nationally within prisons, with a substantial increase of 701 Full Time Equivalent (FTE) Band 3-5 Prison officers between June 2022-June 2023. In the same period, we have seen a fall in the resignation rate amongst Band 3-5 officers of 2.6 percentage points, down from 11.5% in June 2022 to 8.9% in June 2023.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to Question 13 of oral evidence taken before the Justice Committee on 24 October 2023, HC 1929, Session 2022\u201323, which prisons are (a) sending and (b) receiving prison officers under detached duty; and how many prison officers are affected.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1659664/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Appropriate staffing across our prison estate is vitally important. In line with Prisons Strategy White Paper, published in December 2021, we are committed to recruiting up to 5,000 additional prison officers across public and private prisons by the mid-2020s in line with estate expansion. The number of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) prison officers has increased over time; there were 4,000 more officers in post in June 2023 compared to March 2017<\/p> <\/p> Alongside this recruitment, we recognise the importance of retaining experienced staff. We launched a retention toolkit into prisons in 2021 which provides Governors with the support and tools to tackle the main drivers of attrition in their prison. Since April 2022, we have invested in a number of new initiatives, including new colleague mentors and a new peer to peer learning scheme, as well as focused leadership training in sites where staff attrition is highest.<\/p> <\/p> We have also made significant investments in pay to recognise the hard work of our staff. The 2023/24 Prison Service pay award was announced in July and delivered a 7% increase in the starting salary for an entry level prison officer on 39 hours, rising from £30,702 to £32,851 on the national pay scale.<\/p> <\/p> The resignation rate for prison officers has improved by 2.6 percentage points to below 9% for the year ending 30th June 2023.<\/p> <\/p> The table below details prison officers by length of service for each high security prison on the dates requested.<\/p> <\/p> Table 1 - Band 3-5 Prison Officers by Length of Service for each High Security prison as at 30 June 2010, 30 June 2015 and 30 June 2023<\/p> <\/p> <\/p><\/td> | 30-Jun-10<\/p><\/td> | 30-Jun-15<\/p><\/td> | 30-Jun-23<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Name<\/p><\/td> | Under 3<\/p><\/td> | 3 and over<\/p><\/td> | % Under 3 years<\/p><\/td> | % 3 and over<\/p><\/td> | Under 3<\/p><\/td> | 3 and over<\/p><\/td> | % Under 3 years<\/p><\/td> | % 3 and over<\/p><\/td> | Under 3<\/p><\/td> | 3 and over<\/p><\/td> | % Under 3 years<\/p><\/td> | % 3 and over<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Belmarsh<\/p><\/td> | 27<\/p><\/td> | 478<\/p><\/td> | 5%<\/p><\/td> | 95%<\/p><\/td> | 19<\/p><\/td> | 355<\/p><\/td> | 5%<\/p><\/td> | 95%<\/p><\/td> | 116<\/p><\/td> | 310<\/p><\/td> | 27%<\/p><\/td> | 73%<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Frankland<\/p><\/td> | 30<\/p><\/td> | 563<\/p><\/td> | 5%<\/p><\/td> | 95%<\/p><\/td> | 3<\/p><\/td> | 481<\/p><\/td> | 1%<\/p><\/td> | 99%<\/p><\/td> | 189<\/p><\/td> | 443<\/p><\/td> | 30%<\/p><\/td> | 70%<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Full Sutton<\/p><\/td> | 20<\/p><\/td> | 412<\/p><\/td> | 5%<\/p><\/td> | 95%<\/p><\/td> | 5<\/p><\/td> | 364<\/p><\/td> | 1%<\/p><\/td> | 99%<\/p><\/td> | 130<\/p><\/td> | 277<\/p><\/td> | 32%<\/p><\/td> | 68%<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Garth<\/p><\/td> | 10<\/p><\/td> | 257<\/p><\/td> | 4%<\/p><\/td> | 96%<\/p><\/td> | 34<\/p><\/td> | 184<\/p><\/td> | 16%<\/p><\/td> | 84%<\/p><\/td> | 90<\/p><\/td> | 180<\/p><\/td> | 33%<\/p><\/td> | 67%<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Gartree<\/p><\/td> | 31<\/p><\/td> | 179<\/p><\/td> | 15%<\/p><\/td> | 85%<\/p><\/td> | 34<\/p><\/td> | 156<\/p><\/td> | 18%<\/p><\/td> | 82%<\/p><\/td> | 66<\/p><\/td> | 152<\/p><\/td> | 30%<\/p><\/td> | 70%<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Isle of Wight<\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td> | 36<\/p><\/td> | 270<\/p><\/td> | 12%<\/p><\/td> | 88%<\/p><\/td> | 73<\/p><\/td> | 217<\/p><\/td> | 25%<\/p><\/td> | 75%<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Long Lartin<\/p><\/td> | 67<\/p><\/td> | 326<\/p><\/td> | 17%<\/p><\/td> | 83%<\/p><\/td> | 12<\/p><\/td> | 323<\/p><\/td> | 4%<\/p><\/td> | 96%<\/p><\/td> | 69<\/p><\/td> | 215<\/p><\/td> | 24%<\/p><\/td> | 76%<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Manchester<\/p><\/td> | 25<\/p><\/td> | 463<\/p><\/td> | 5%<\/p><\/td> | 95%<\/p><\/td> | 1<\/p><\/td> | 403<\/p><\/td> | 0%<\/p><\/td> | 100%<\/p><\/td> | 133<\/p><\/td> | 272<\/p><\/td> | 33%<\/p><\/td> | 67%<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Swaleside<\/p><\/td> | 96<\/p><\/td> | 167<\/p><\/td> | 36%<\/p><\/td> | 64%<\/p><\/td> | 14<\/p><\/td> | 214<\/p><\/td> | 6%<\/p><\/td> | 94%<\/p><\/td> | 70<\/p><\/td> | 180<\/p><\/td> | 28%<\/p><\/td> | 72%<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Wakefield<\/p><\/td> | 27<\/p><\/td> | 390<\/p><\/td> | 6%<\/p><\/td> | 94%<\/p><\/td> | 1<\/p><\/td> | 307<\/p><\/td> | 0%<\/p><\/td> | 100%<\/p><\/td> | 159<\/p><\/td> | 260<\/p><\/td> | 38%<\/p><\/td> | 62%<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Whitemoor<\/p><\/td> | 35<\/p><\/td> | 373<\/p><\/td> | 8%<\/p><\/td> | 92%<\/p><\/td> | 25<\/p><\/td> | 302<\/p><\/td> | 8%<\/p><\/td> | 92%<\/p><\/td> | 79<\/p><\/td> | 244<\/p><\/td> | 24%<\/p><\/td> | 76%<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Woodhill<\/p><\/td> | 46<\/p><\/td> | 400<\/p><\/td> | 10%<\/p><\/td> | 90%<\/p><\/td> | 25<\/p><\/td> | 313<\/p><\/td> | 7%<\/p><\/td> | 93%<\/p><\/td> | 105<\/p><\/td> | 171<\/p><\/td> | 38%<\/p><\/td> | 62%<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Aylesbury<\/p><\/td> | 16<\/p><\/td> | 141<\/p><\/td> | 10%<\/p><\/td> | 90%<\/p><\/td> | 27<\/p><\/td> | 87<\/p><\/td> | 24%<\/p><\/td> | 76%<\/p><\/td> | See Note 3<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Total<\/p><\/td> | 429<\/p><\/td> | 4,148<\/p><\/td> | 9%<\/p><\/td> | 91%<\/p><\/td> | 236<\/p><\/td> | 3,759<\/p><\/td> | 6%<\/p><\/td> | 94%<\/p><\/td> | 1,360<\/p><\/td> | 2,993<\/p><\/td> | 31%<\/p><\/td> | 69%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> Notes to Table 1:<\/p> 1. The length of service in HMPPS is calculated from most recent hire date. Where staff have transferred in from another Government Department or have transferred in through HMPPS taking over a function, length of service is calculated from entry to HMPPS.<\/p> 2. Band 3-5 Officers includes Band 3-4 / Prison Officers (incl specialists), Band 4 / Supervising Officers, and Band 5 / Custodial Managers.<\/p> <\/p> 3. IOW is not included as it was not part of the LTHSE in June 2010 data<\/p> 4. Aylesbury moved out of High Security in 2022 and thus is not included in the June 2023 data.<\/p>"}
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