Question follow-through · 2822
Prison Officers: Labour Turnover
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to improve the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of prison officers.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 19 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 21 May 2026
- Answer
- 29 May 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
19 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to improve the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of prison officers.
21 May 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
29 May 2026
Answer published
His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) continues to recruit across all prisons where vacancies exist or are anticipated, including those undergoing expansion.Recruitment processes are being strengthened to ensure candidates have the skills and...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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