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<p>On 17 July 2023, 1,179 prisoners were held at HMP Pentonville. 83 Band 3 Prison
Officers were on duty in the prison on that day. Staffing levels were above the minimum
staffing level required by the prison’s Regime Management Plan to deliver a safe and
decent regime.</p><p>Other staff were not in attendance for the following reasons:</p><ul><li>Annual
leave 22</li><li>Training 30</li><li>Sick absence 11</li><li>Other absences 14</li></ul><p>It
should be noted that these figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems
which, as with any large-scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with
data entry and processing.</p><p>The data is collated to reflect individuals that
attended throughout the day, this will be culmination of varying shifts throughout
the period.</p><p>The numbers who were on duty includes all staff that attended for
all/part of a shift in the establishment, including any additional payment shifts
& night duties. Those recorded in the category of ‘Other absences’ can include
staff on Medical Appointments, Restricted Duties, Phased Return, Secondment, Maternity
leave, Jury Service, Official Duty, Parental Leave, Suspension, Bedwatch, working
at a different grade, time off in lieu and remote working.</p><p>We have taken a series
of measures to increase the prison workforce. Despite a challenging labour market,
the 12 months ending 30 June 2023 saw an increase of 701 Full Time Equivalent Band
3-5 prison officers. This means we now have 4,000 more prison officers than in March
2017. We are committed to recruiting up to 5,000 prison officers across public and
private prisons by the mid-2020s.</p><p>We recently increased the pay of the vast
majority of frontline officers by 7 per cent. Combined with other pay rises, this
means starting pay for prison officers has increased since 2019 from £22,293 to £30,902
(on the basis of a national rate, 37 hour week with unsocial hours) or £23,529 to
£32,851 (on the basis of a national rate, 39 hour week with unsocial hours).</p>
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