Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, further to the Answer of 14 October to Question 99603, when the consultation with the Prison Officers’ Association is planned to commence.
Consultation with HMPPS trade unions re-started, following a break due to the current pandemic, on 21st October 2020.
Consultation has taken place with the following trade unions: Prison Officers’ Association, Prison Governors’ Association, PCS, Prospect, GMB, FDA, Napo and Unison. Consultation and engagement has also taken place with diversity & inclusion colleagues, staff networks, nominated officers and counter corruption colleagues across the MoJ and HMPPS.