Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of prison staff who left within 12 months of starting the role in each of the last three years.

The quarterly HMPPS workforce statistics publication covers staffing information, including leavers by length of service.

The latest set of HMPPS workforce statistics covering the period to 30 September 2022 is available in the public domain at: HM Prison and Probation Service workforce quarterly: September 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

The next set of data for the period to 31 December 2022 is due to be published in the HMPPS Quarterly Workforce Statistics Bulletin on 16 February 2023.