Prison Officers: Resignations
(asked on 18th January 2022) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of new prison officers left the service within two years of joining in each year since 2010.
Table 1 shows the number of band 3-5 prison officers who joined in each financial year. Of those officers who joined in that particular year, we have shown the volume and percentage of those who left the service within two years.
Table 1: Percentage of all band 3-5 prison officer1 joiners who left within two years2 - based on date of joining, 2009/10 to 2020/21, and 12 months to September 2021
(Headcount)
2009/10 | 2010/11 | 2011/12 | 2012/13 | 2013/14 | 2014/15 | 2015/16 | 2016/17 | 2017/18 | 2018/19 | 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 12 months to 30 September 20214 | |
Band 3-5 Prison Officer1 joiners in each year | 323 | 617 | 163 | 171 | 45 | 1,259 | 1,802 | 2,077 | 4,933 | 4,745 | 2,317 | 2,410 | 3,332 |
Of which those who left within 2 years3 | 64 | 116 | 45 | 60 | 31 | 398 | 492 | 568 | 1,462 | 1,484 | 727 | 569 | 454 |
Percentage of joiners who left within two years3 | 20% | 19% | 28% | 35% | 69% | 32% | 27% | 27% | 30% | 31% | 31% | 24% | 14% |
Source:
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Data quality and scope:
Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system. Movements due to machinery of Government changes or due to staff transferring to or from the private sector as a result of changes in the management of establishments are not included in these tables.
(p) Figures relating to current financial year are provisional and may be subject to change in future iterations of the HMPPS workforce statistical release.
Notes:
1. Includes Bands 3-4 / Prison Officer (incl specialists), Band 4 / Supervising Officer and Band 5 / Custodial Managers.
2. Length of service in HMPPS calculated from most recent hire date. Where staff have transferred in from another Government Department or have transferred in through HMPPS taking over a function, length of service is calculated from entry to HMPPS.
3. Data is based on hire date and not the leaving date. For example, if someone joined in 2018/19 but left in 2020/21 then they will be recorded against the year they joined (2018/19 not 2020/21). Please note, this approach is different to how data in published and so will not match published statistics.
4. Due to the approach outlined, figures for most recent periods will be lower, as 2 years will not have elapsed since time of joining.
5. The 2013/14 rate is higher than other years due to a low number of new joiners, and the percentage rate is worked out against joiners compared to leavers.