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Prison Officers: Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to increase the number of prison officers recruited from overseas.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Tabled
10 Oct 2025
Target answer date
14 Oct 2025
Answer
20 Oct 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to increase the number of prison officers recruited from overseas.

  2. 14 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 20 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    His Majesty’s Prisons and Probation Service (HMPPS) does not actively recruit foreign nationals from overseas.HMPPS publishes vacancies across formal UK advertising boards and welcomes applications from people wishing to work in prisons in England and Wal...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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