Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 1 February 2019 to Question 211736 on Prison Service: Pay, how many Operational Managers were not up to date with their Control and Restraint training in each of the last three years.

Initial control and restraint training is delivered by HMPPS Learning and Development, thereafter it is the responsibility of the individuals establishment to ensure that refresher training takes place. The information you have requested is recorded at a local level and therefore could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost.

All managers have a personal responsibility for and an understanding that training must be kept up to date in order to maintain and increase levels of safety. Training levels are also consistently monitored by Governors to ensure that staff are equipped with the required level of training to complete their role in a safe manner, both for themselves and prisoners.