Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the effect of market supplements for new staff on the levels of incentive to (a) move locations and (b) progress within the prison service.
The market supplement was extended to other prisons that had a recruitment and retention challenge to ensure that staff do not move locations to access higher rates of pay. As a result of the introduction of the market supplement, we have changed our people policies to incentivise staff to apply for promotions and continue their careers in HMPPS.