Question follow-through · 59633

Prison Officers: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department has plans to raise the starting salary for prison officers.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Tabled
12 Jun 2025
Target answer date
16 Jun 2025
Answer
20 Jun 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 12 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department has plans to raise the starting salary for prison officers.

  2. 16 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 20 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    Pay for Prison Officers is informed by independent recommendations made by the Prison Service Pay Review Body (PSPRB) through the annual pay review process.On 22 May, the Government accepted all 13 of the independent recommendations put forward by the PSP...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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