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Prison Officers

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to increase cumulative prison officer experience.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Tabled
7 Oct 2024
Target answer date
9 Oct 2024
Answer
14 Oct 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 7 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to increase cumulative prison officer experience.

  2. 9 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 14 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    We have inherited a prison system crisis. For far too long, our hardworking staff have had to face the brunt of prison overcrowding, which has damaged morale and put the safety and security of staff at risk. This is one of the reasons why we have taken di...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

Later records

Possible follow-up questions

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15 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many magistrates courts closed in each year since 2010.

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Prisons: Repairs and Maintenance

22 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate she has made of the prison maintenance backlog.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Prison Officers: Pay

4 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of prison officer salary levels on staff retention rates.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Prison Officers: Pay

4 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of prison officer salaries given the levels of (a) risk and (b) stress of this role.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Prison Officers: Pay

4 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate she has made of the level of pay rise required by prison officers for salaries to be at the same real-terms levels as they were in 2010.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Probation Officers: Pay

11 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of probation officer salary levels on staff retention rates.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Probation Officers: Pay

11 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of probation officer salaries in the context of the (a) workload and (b) level of stress associated with this role.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Probation Officers: Pay

11 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an estimate of the level of pay rise that would be required for probation officers for their salaries to be at the same real-terms level they were in 2010.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Prisons: Education

13 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will list the providers that have entered into Prison Education Service contracts in the last 12 months.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Prisons: Education

27 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions she has had with bidders for prison education contracts on the New Fair Deal for pensions.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Prison Officers: Length of Service

7 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an estimate of the cumulative number of years of experience held by prison officers in each year since 2010.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Probation Officers

7 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an estimate of the cumulative number of years of experience held by probation officers in each year since 2021.