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<p>There is a national focus on improving staff retention rates across HMPPS.</p><p>This
includes, but is not restricted to:</p><ul><li>Implementation of a retention strategy
and toolkit within HMPPS to bring organisational consistency to how we tackle attrition</li><li>A
focus on prisons with the highest attrition rates, and the main causes</li><li>National
interventions to help address national themes</li><li>Tracking of local interventions
to manage the micro issues within individual sites</li></ul><p>The number of prison
officers who have left after less than (a) one, (b) six, (c) 12, (d) 24 and (e) 36
months' service is shown in table 1 below.</p><p>The latest set of published HMPPS
workforce statistics covering the period to 31 March 2022 is available in the public
domain at : <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/her-majestys-prison-and-probation-service-workforce-quarterly-march-2022/her-majestys-prison-and-probation-service-workforce-quarterly-march-2022"
target="_blank">Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service workforce quarterly: March
2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p>Table 1: Proportion of band 3-5 officers<sup>1</sup>
who left HMPPS by length of service<sup>2</sup>, in the 12 months to 31 March 2022.</p><p>
</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Length of service<sup>2,3</sup></p></td><td><p>Headcount</p></td><td><p>Percentage
of all leavers in period</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Less than 1 month</p></td><td><p>119</p></td><td><p>3.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Less
than 6 months</p></td><td><p>573</p></td><td><p>16.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Less
than 12 months</p></td><td><p>873</p></td><td><p>25.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Less
than 24 months</p></td><td><p>1,303</p></td><td><p>38.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Less
than 36 months</p></td><td><p>1,691</p></td><td><p>49.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total band 3-5
officer leavers</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,387</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Notes</strong></p><ol><li>Includes
Bands 3-4 / Prison Officer (incl. specialists), Band 4 / Supervising Officer and Band
5 / Custodial Managers.</li><li>Length of service in HMPPS 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.</li><li>Figures are given on a cumulative basis i.e., staff who
fall within the shorter service groups are also included in the longer service groups.</li></ol><p>
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