Prison Officers: Retirement
(asked on 1st December 2022) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the potential merits of lowering the pension age of prison officers to 60.
This question was answered on 9th December 2022
Our hardworking prison staff play a vital role in keeping the public safe and rehabilitating offenders, often in the most challenging of circumstances. We engage with officers, staff and trade unions regularly and meet with the Prison Officer’s Association and other unions to discuss a range of issues.
Civil Service Pension policy, including pension age, is led by the Cabinet Office rather than His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS).