Prison Officers
(asked on 18th October 2018) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of prison officers had more than two years experience in each year from 2010 to the last year for which records are available.
The percentage of band 3-5 officers who had two or more years’ experience in each year from March 2010 to June 2018 is presented in table 1 below.
Table 1: Percentage of band 3-5 prison officers1 with two or more years’ experience2, 31 March 2010 to 30 June 2018
As at | Percentage of band 3-5 officers1 with two or more years' service2 |
31 March 2010 | 92.7% |
31 March 2011 | 96.4% |
31 March 2012 | 97.0% |
31 March 2013 | 98.7% |
31 March 2014 | 98.5% |
31 March 2015 | 92.7% |
31 March 2016 | 85.3% |
31 March 2017 | 81.0% |
31 March 2018 | 70.1% |
30 June 2018 | 67.2% |
1 Includes Band 3-4 / Prison Officer (incl specialists), Band 4 / Supervising Officer and Band 5 / Custodial Managers.
2 Length of service in HMPPS calculated from most recent hire date. Where staff have transferred in from another Government Department or have transferred in through HMPPS taking over a function, length of service is calculated from entry to HMPPS.