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<p>The number of band 3-5 prison officers who took voluntary early departure and have
since re-joined the Prison Service can be seen in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>The
government has passed its target to recruit an additional 2,500 prison officers by
the end of 2018 – seven months early. An additional 3,111 prison officers were in
place at the end of March 2018 than were in post in October 2016. Continuing to boost
staffing numbers is crucial as it will allow prisons to introduce a new model where
prison officers spend more time both one-to-one and with small groups of prisoners.</p><p>
</p><p><strong>Band 3-5 prison officers who took voluntary early departure and have
since re-joined the Prison Service, 2010/11 to 2017/18 (1 April 2017-31 December 2017)
</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Headcount</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Restart
date</p></td><td><p>Number of band 3-5 prison officers</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>106</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1
April 2017-31 December 2017</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>1.
Voluntary exits can be offered where the organisation wishes to reduce staff numbers
by offering an early exit scheme or an early exit package to an individual. There
is no compulsion on individuals to accept the offer.</p><p>2. The time periods shown
reflect the date of when the staff re-joined the Prison Service, and not when the
voluntary early departure was taken.</p><p>3. Figures include 73 individuals that
re-joined as a reserve.</p><p>~ denotes suppressed values of 2 or fewer or other values
which would allow values of 2 or fewer to be derived by subtraction. Low numbers are
suppressed to prevent disclosure in accordance with the Data Protection Act, 1998.</p>
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