Probation: Qualifications

(asked on 24th June 2022) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications there were to (a) the PQiP scheme and (b) vacancies for prison officers in the last 12 months.


Answered by
Victoria Atkins Portrait
Victoria Atkins
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
This question was answered on 4th July 2022

Between 1 June 2021 and 31 May 2022 inclusive, 5,614 applications to the PQiP scheme were submitted and 78,890 applications to prison officer vacancies were submitted.

Notes:

  1. This data comes from the Oleeo Recruitment Database. Figures do not include recruitment campaigns managed by external companies.
  2. Oleeo is a live system so figures may be subject to change. Data regarding prison officer applications was extracted on 2 June 2022.
  3. The total number of applications include both external and internal applicants.
  4. The prison officer data only includes recruitment for Public Sector Prisons.
  5. Youth Justice Worker applications are included in the count of prison officer applications.
  6. The count of prison officer applications covers Bands 3-5.
  7. The prison officer figure excludes applications to the “Unlocked Graduate Scheme” but includes applications to Operational Support Grade to prison officer / Youth Justice Worker fast track campaigns.
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