Asked by: Fred Thomas (Labour - Plymouth Moor View)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many probation officers retired from the service in (a) 2010, (b) 2014, (c) 2019 and (d) 2023.
Answered by Nicholas Dakin - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
The Ministry of Justice publishes data on the leaving reasons of probation officers in Table 14b of the quarterly “HM Prison and Probation Service workforce statistics” publication. The latest publication and tables, which covers the year to September 2024, are available here:
www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hm-prison-probation-service-workforce-quarterly-september-2024
Data is only available since the National Probation Service was formed in June 2014, as a result of which the number who retired in 2010 is unavailable. The number of probation officers who retired in 2019 and 2023 is included in the above publication.
The number who retired in 2014 is available in the December 2015 publication available here: www.gov.uk/government/statistics/national-offender-management-service-workforce-statistics-december-2015
This only includes data for those who retired after the formation of the National Probation Service in 2014.
Asked by: Fred Thomas (Labour - Plymouth Moor View)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of probation officers had a caseload of (a) above 30, (b) above 40, (c) above 50 and (d) above 60 in (i) 2010, (ii) 2014, (iii) 2019 and (iv) 2023.
Answered by Nicholas Dakin - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
Caseload data for Probation Officers is unavailable pre-unification of the Probation Service (June 2021). Caseload data for the service as a whole is published for earlier periods (Offender management statistics quarterly - GOV.UK) but is not broken down by which Probation Service grade delivers it.
As of 30 June 2023, the proportion of Probation Officers with a caseload above 30, 40, 50 and 60 is:
Percentage of total POs | |
a. caseload above 30 | 52.7% |
b. caseload above 40 | 14.9% |
c. caseload above 50 | 2.3% |
d. caseload above 60 | 0.5% |
i) Dataset as of 30 June 2023 from the Workload Measurement Tool (WMT). Data has been taken as of a single day in 2023 and caseload per officer is likely to fluctuate across the year.
ii) For caseloads of less than 30, the percentage of total Probation Officers is 47.3%
Asked by: Fred Thomas (Labour - Plymouth Moor View)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of probation officers had (a) less than one years’ experience (b) less than three years' experience and (c) three or more years’ service at (i) 30 June 2010, (ii) 30 June 2014 and (iii) 30 June 2024.
Answered by Nicholas Dakin - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
The Ministry of Justice publishes data on the length of service of Probation Officers in Table 4 of the quarterly “HM Prison and Probation Service workforce statistics” publication. The latest publication and associated tables, which cover the year to September 2024, are available here:
www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hm-prison-probation-service-workforce-quarterly-september-2024.
Data is only available since the National Probation Service was formed in June 2014, as a result of which length of service data for 30 June 2010 is unavailable. Length of service data for Probation Officers in post on 30 June 2024 is included in the above publication.
Asked by: Fred Thomas (Labour - Plymouth Moor View)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what is the net change in prison places since 5 July 2024.
Answered by Nicholas Dakin - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
The capacity of the prison estate is published weekly and can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prison-population-figures-2024.
Asked by: Fred Thomas (Labour - Plymouth Moor View)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the recall rate was for offenders released under the End of Custody Supervised License scheme between October 2023 and June 2024.
Answered by Nicholas Dakin - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
The recall rate for people released under the End of Custody Supervised Licence (ECSL) scheme that have been recalled in the most recent period for which data is available could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost.
9,782 number of recalls took place between April 2024 and June 2024, which coincides with the highest level of quarterly ECSL releases under the previous Government.
Asked by: Fred Thomas (Labour - Plymouth Moor View)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison places have been added to the estate since 5 July 2024.
Answered by Nicholas Dakin - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
475 places have been delivered as part of the 20,000 place prison programmes since this Government took office on 5 July 2024. We will be publishing a 10 year capacity strategy by the end of the year.
Asked by: Fred Thomas (Labour - Plymouth Moor View)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) total cost and (b) cost for each new prison place was for the Prison Estate Transformation Programme between 2016 and 2019.
Answered by Nicholas Dakin - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
The total cost of the prison places delivered by the Prison Estate Transformation Programme (PETP) was c.£37.4m. The cost per place was c.£182k. This includes some places delivered in 2020 where they relate to the phased delivery of a single project.
Asked by: Fred Thomas (Labour - Plymouth Moor View)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the forecasted cost to the public purse was of adding 20,000 places to the prison estate (a) in total and (b) per place in October 2021.
Answered by Nicholas Dakin - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
The Department’s estimate of the total cost of completing the additional 20,000 places to the prison estate at the point of the SR21 settlement was c.£5.2bn and this in turn equated to an average of c.£257k per place.
Asked by: Fred Thomas (Labour - Plymouth Moor View)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will re-establish the Office of Government Commerce.
Answered by Darren Jones - Chief Secretary to the Treasury
There are no plans to re-establish the Office of Government Commerce (OGC). The principal functions of the OGC are being successfully delivered by the Government Commercial Function including the Crown Commercial Service.
Asked by: Fred Thomas (Labour - Plymouth Moor View)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure the future of the UK's submersible capabilities.
Answered by John Healey - Secretary of State for Defence
This Government’s unwavering commitment to the triple lock to our nuclear deterrent is underpinned by major infrastructure programmes underway on the Clyde and in Devonport and the Dreadnought submarine programme in Barrow-in-Furness.
Our commitment to SSN-AUKUS and the increased use of uncrewed submersibles will also modernise the Royal Navy’s subsea capabilities.