Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) Band 2 and (b) Band 3 staff have joined the prison service in each of the last 12 months, broken down by prison.

The latest set of HMPPS Workforce Bulletin statistics for the quarter to 30 June 2021:  Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service workforce quarterly: June 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

This publication provides headline statistics at an organisational and Group/Division level, we are not able to break this down further to establishment level by month.

The next set of data for the period to 30 September 2021 is due to be published in the Workforce Statistics Report on 18 November 2021.

These statistics only cover information in relation to the public sector.

Over the past year, 6,184 staff joined HMPPS, which is an increase of 693 (12.6%) compared to the year ending 30 June 2020. These joiners consisted of 4,177 across PSP, 189 in the YCS, 1,305 in the Probation Service, and 513 in HMPPS HQ and Area Services. Compared to the year ending 30 June 2020 these numbers of joiners represent a slight increase of 1.9% for PSP, an increase of 125.0% for YCS, an increase of 40.0% for Probation Service, and an increase of 36.1% for HMPPS HQ and Area Services.