Question follow-through · 1022
Prison Officers: Labour Turnover
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies of trends in the level of prison officer retention.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 22 Jul 2024
- Target answer date
- 24 Jul 2024
- Answer
- 30 Jul 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
22 Jul 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies of trends in the level of prison officer retention.
24 Jul 2024
Target answer date
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30 Jul 2024
Answer published
Despite the efforts of hard-working staff, prisons are in crisis. Band 3-5 Prison Officer leaving rates peaked in 2023 and we are experiencing the impact of that now, with significant numbers of prison officers who have recently been recruited and lack ex...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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