Question follow-through · 65974
Prison Officers: Long Service Awards
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she plans to extend the Prison Service Long Service Medal to operational officers in privately managed prisons.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 8 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 10 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 16 Jul 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners · 7 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
8 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she plans to extend the Prison Service Long Service Medal to operational officers in privately managed prisons.
10 Jul 2025
Target answer date
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16 Jul 2025
Answer published
The Prison Services Long Service & Good Conduct Medal is awarded to operational staff in the UK Prison Services on completion of 20 years’ continuous meritorious service, and aligns operational public sector prison staff with comparable organisations ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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