WESTMINSTER RADAR
Search
My MPs
Menu

Question follow-through · 15126

Prisons: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of staffing levels across the prison estate.

answeredMinistry of Justice

About this written question

A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.

Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Tabled
1 Jul 2026
Target answer date
6 Jul 2026
Answer
14 Jul 2026 · 13 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

More questions by this MP on Justice and policing

Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.

Votes on this topic

These Commons divisions share a topic label. The question did not necessarily lead to a vote.

Recorded timeline

  1. 1 Jul 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of staffing levels across the prison estate.

  2. 6 Jul 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 14 Jul 2026

    Answer published

    We know that sufficient and skilled frontline staffing is fundamental to delivering safe, secure and rehabilitative prison regimes. The number of band 3-5 prison officers in post against Target Staffing Levels (the number of staff required to run an optim...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

Possible follow-up questions

Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Prison Officers: Crimes of Violence

28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if his Department will develop a national strategy to help reduce assaults on prison officers.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Prison Officers: Crimes of Violence

28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment has been made of the effectiveness of protective equipment issued to prison officers at reducing injuries from assaults.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Prison Officers: Protective Clothing

28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what process is available to developers seeking an independent operational evaluation of new prison officer safety equipment.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Prison Officers: Crimes of Violence

28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment has been made of the level of risk of assaults on prison officers during duties requiring close contact with prisoners.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Prison Officers: Crimes of Violence

28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps HM Prison and Probation Service is taking to trial new technologies intended to help prevent assaults on prison officers.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Prison Officers: Crimes of Violence

28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Department plans to introduce standardised recording of the circumstances in which prison officers are assaulted.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Prison Officers: Crimes of Violence

28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment has been made of the potential impact of assaults on prison officers on sickness absence and staff retention.