Prison Officers: Wandsworth Prison
(asked on 26th February 2024) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been paid to prison officers at HMP Wandsworth as Payment Plus in each year since 1 January 2020.
“Payment Plus” is a form of overtime, used to cover any vacancies and ensure that the minimum staffing level required by the Regime Management Plan is met, and that a safe and decent regime can be delivered.
HMP Wandsworth is being provided with continuing support through local detached duty staff and allocated “Payment Plus” hours. The prison regularly reviews the level of regime it is able safely to deliver and will continue to receive support as required.
The money spent on “Payment Plus” at HMP Wandsworth since 1 January 2020 is provided in the table below:
Period | Payment Plus (£)1 |
1 Jan 2020 – 31 Mar 2020 | 330,917 |
1 Apr 2020 – 31 Mar 2021 | 975,818 |
1 Apr 2021 – 31 Mar 2022 | 860,960 |
1 Apr 2022 – 31 Mar 2023 | 1,261,456 |
1 Apr 2023 – 31 Jan 2024 | 1,209,806 |
1These are provisional figures, which may include work at other establishments by staff based at HMP Wandsworth.
We have committed to recruiting up to 5,000 additional prison officers across public and private prisons by the mid-2020s.
There has been a fall in the resignation rate among Band 3-5 officers, of 2.4 percentage points in the year up to 30 December 2023 compared to the previous year.