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registered interest
date	13/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers: Labour Turnover
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to encourage more prison officers to stay in post.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	190890
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>Retaining and recruiting engaged and motivated staff is critical to delivering the solutions to drive improvement across the service. We know that retention of staff will take more than a ‘one size fits all’ approach, and specific action is being taken where attrition is most acute.</p><p> </p><p>We launched a Retention Framework and Action Plan, designed to support prisons in identifying drivers of attrition and local interventions. Governors are proactively using the Framework to implement the actions required to tackle attrition at their prisons. A Retention Board has also been established to review Band 3-5 Prison Officer resignation rates, providing support and targeted interventions to prisons with acute issues or increasing resignation rates.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 20/11/2018 17:17:49 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

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registered interest
date	04/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers: Labour Turnover
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to improve the retention rate of experienced prison officers.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	160757
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2018 answer text <p>We commend our hard-working prison officers who do a vital job in protecting the public every day, often in very challenging, difficult and dangerous circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>We want prison officers to stay and progress their careers. We’ve improved induction processes to ease transition into the job, provide care and support for our staff and offer additional training. These measures are part of the work we are doing directly with Governors to address local issues and ensure experienced staff and new recruits remain in the service.</p><p> </p><p>The Prison Officer Recruitment and Retention Programme has been established to meet the target of 2,500 net increase in prison officers by December 2018, announced in the Prison Safety and Reform White Paper.</p><p> </p><p>In order to safeguard the White Paper investment and maintain the experience of existing staff, we are focusing on ways to reduce attrition levels. The Retention Framework, Toolkit and Action Plan was launched in August 2017, designed to support prisons in identifying drivers of attrition and put in place targeted local interventions. This approach was piloted at a number of establishments across the estate and the results are currently being evaluated. The findings, including additional guidance on best practice, will shortly be shared with Senior Managers and HR professional across HMPPS.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 12/07/2018 11:20:47 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

805320

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers: Labour Turnover
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 effect of violence against prison officers on the retention of prisoner officers.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	118992
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>The safety and security of our prisons must always take priority and action to address retention rates are being taken forward as part of the government’s plan to increase the number of prison officers by 2,500, to improve safety and security. We have already recruited 1,255 extra prison officers over the past year. Exit interviews and qualitative analysis has helped to build an understanding of why prison officers leave the Service.</p><p> </p><p>We are actively working with our prisons to drive positive change in the prisons with the highest attrition rates. This includes the appointment of 75 additional prison officer mentors to support our new staff alongside working proactively with Governors to take local action based on the common themes identified.</p><p> </p><p>We have invested in in 5,600 body-worn cameras to help protect our prison staff, alongside training to improve interactions with prisoners. These will provide high-quality evidence to support prosecutions brought against prisoners. In October, we also launched a new case management model to help staff to manage violent prisoners and those identified as posing a raised risk of being violent.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 16/01/2018 17:47:07 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

712496

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers: Labour Turnover
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of turnover of prison staff; and what steps she is taking to support retention and recruitment of such staff.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	68484
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>Information on the NOMS workforce and staff turnover by region is published quarterly at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-offender-management-service-workforce-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-offender-management-service-workforce-statistics</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is determined to ensure that prisons are properly staffed to deliver safety and security. We will be recruiting an additional 2,500 prison officers across the prison estate and have run a localised recruitment process at 30 of our difficult to recruit sites to support the national recruitment campaign. At 31 prisons with the most difficult recruitment and retention issues, officers now receive a boost under a scheme offering higher starting pay and an additional allowance of up to £5,000 and 2000 new promotions.</p><p> </p><p>We are addressing attrition levels in a number of ways, including the appointment of 75 mentors dedicated to supporting new recruits in their first year, and the setting up of a HR Response Team to provide interventions to establishments with rising attrition.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 23/03/2017 17:43:58 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

647260

registered interest
date	28/11/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers: Labour Turnover
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment she has made of the reasons for high prison officer turnover; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	55267
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2017 answer text <p>A core part of our prison safety and reform plan is the recruitment of an additional 2,500 prison officers. In 10 of our most challenging prisons we have already started a recruitment programme, and I am pleased to say that we have already made 348 job offers for those 400 jobs, on top of 1,400 new officer appointed in the last 12 months.</p><p> </p><p>To address the relatively higher numbers of new officers who leave in the first year, we are improving the support that applicants and new prison officers receive, so that they have the opportunity to explore and understand the role of the prison officer before applying and supporting them through to the completion of their training and probation. At 30 of our most challenging recruitment sites we will be giving prison governors greater freedoms to hire the staff right for them, with the expertise and skills they need.</p><p> </p><p>In respect of established staff, higher staffing levels are set to improve the supervision of prisoners, operational resilience and staff engagement with prisoners; all of which will improve prison safety and encourage experienced staff to stay. The percentage of experienced staff is higher now than it was in 2010.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 24/01/2017 12:40:00 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

644348

registered interest
date	25/11/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers: Labour Turnover
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department plans to take to (a) improve retention of and (b) reduce staff turnover among prison officers.
tabling member constituency	Redditch
tabling member printed	Karen Lumley
uin	54923
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2017 answer text <p>A core part of our prison safety and reform plan is the recruitment of an additional 2,500 prison officers. In 10 of our most challenging prisons we have already started a recruitment programme, and I am pleased to say that we have already made 348 job offers for those 400 jobs, on top of 1,400 new officer appointed in the last 12 months.</p><p> </p><p>To address the relatively higher numbers of new officers who leave in the first year, we are improving the support that applicants and new prison officers receive, so that they have the opportunity to explore and understand the role of the prison officer before applying and supporting them through to the completion of their training and probation. At 30 of our most challenging recruitment sites we will be giving prison governors greater freedoms to hire the staff right for them, with the expertise and skills they need.</p><p> </p><p>In respect of established staff, higher staffing levels are set to improve the supervision of prisoners, operational resilience and staff engagement with prisoners; all of which will improve prison safety and encourage experienced staff to stay. The percentage of experienced staff is higher now than it was in 2010.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 06/02/2017 12:54:39 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4023 label Biography information for Karen Lumley

437229

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers: Labour Turnover
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officer grade staff have (a) joined and (b) left the prison service in each of the last six years.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	19636
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text <p>Information on the number of Band 3 to 5 prison officers in post, and on the number who joined and left the public sector Prison Service, is published in the National Offender Management Service Workforce Statistics Bulletin. The 30 September edition of the bulletin can be found at the link below.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/national-offender-management-service-workforce-statistics-september-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/national-offender-management-service-workforce-statistics-september-2015</a></p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 19635 question first answered 15/12/2015 13:12:01 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

388327

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers: Labour Turnover
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers (a) were recruited to and (b) left the Prison Service in each month since January 2014.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	5916
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>Information on the number of band 3 to 5 prison officers that were recruited to the Prison Service in each month since January 2014 is shown in the table below. The recruitment figures include existing National Offender Management Service staff of other grades who become officers during the period.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table: Prison Officer joiners and leavers to the Prison Service by month, January 2014 to March 2015</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Joiners (including internal candidates)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Leavers</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Jan</strong></p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Feb</strong></p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Mar</strong></p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Jun</strong></p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>May</strong></p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Jun</strong></p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Jul</strong></p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Aug</strong></p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Sep</strong></p></td><td><p>230</p></td><td><p>140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Oct</strong></p></td><td><p>220</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Nov</strong></p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Dec</strong></p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Jan</strong></p></td><td><p>360</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Feb</strong></p></td><td><p>330</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Mar</strong></p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1810</p></td><td><p>1910</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>All figures are rounded to the nearest 10, with numbers ending in 5 rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias. As with all HR databases, extracts are taken at a fixed point in time, to ensure consistency of reporting. The database itself is dynamic however, and where updates to the database are made 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, and to present unrounded figures would be to overstate the accuracy of the figures. Rounding to 10 accurately depicts the level of certainty that is held with these figures.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 15/07/2015 14:13:27 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery