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Departmental Publication (Transparency)
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

May. 23 2024

Source Page: Defra: workforce management information April 2024
Document: (Excel)

Found: in line with the ONS standard headcount methodology.AA/AOPlease enter the number of administrative officers


Non-Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
HM Prison and Probation Service

May. 23 2024

Source Page: Multi Agency Lifer Risk Assessment Panel
Document: (PDF)

Found: and is a crucial element of the risk assessment process and enables police officers involved in the


Non-Departmental Publication (Transparency)
Immigration Enforcement

May. 23 2024

Source Page: Immigration Enforcement data: Q1 2024
Document: (ODS)

Found: or transferred from prison to immigration detention 2022-09-30 00:00:00 Q1 2013-Q3 2022 2022-11-25 00


Commons Chamber
Disabled People on Benefits: EHRC Investigation - Thu 23 May 2024
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Mims Davies (Con - Mid Sussex) We have a growing number of visiting officers for some of the most vulnerable—we currently have 500—and - Speech Link
2: Mims Davies (Con - Mid Sussex) We have a growing number of visiting officers—500—and a growing number of colleagues with a trauma-informed - Speech Link


Bill Documents
23 May 2024 - Amendment Paper
Notices of Amendments as at 23 May 2024
Criminal Justice Bill 2023-24

Found: (2) The Code must set out— (a) which officers should be provided with such medications and


Bill Documents
23 May 2024 - Bill
Bill 230 2023-24 (Lords Amendments to the Bill)
Victims and Prisoners Act 2024

Found: immigration” means the exercise of any functions of the Secretary of State and of immigration officers


Written Question
Prison Officers: Resignations
Thursday 23rd May 2024

Asked by: Siobhain McDonagh (Labour - Mitcham and Morden)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison guards left service in the high security estate in each year since 2010.

Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

The quarterly HMPPS workforce statistics publication covers staffing information, including leavers, and the latest publication covers data up to 31 March 2024.

Data relating to the number of prison officers who left service in the high security estate, broken down by calendar year, since 2010, has been provided in table 1 below.

In 2021 a new standardised exit interview process was introduced across HMPPS (both prisons and probation) to allow staff the opportunity to convey their reasons for leaving. This, coupled with dedicated retention research has enabled leaver trend data to be analysed. Feedback from the exit interviews helps to shape and determine interventions to better understand and respond to staff attrition. Since April 2022, we have invested in several new initiatives to improve the experience of our new joiners and increase retention of our employees.

These include:

  • a new peer-to-peer learning scheme
  • the introduction of New Colleague Mentors for all staff
  • the Career Pathways Framework

Retention is improving across HMPPS, with prison officer resignation rate dropping to 8.4% as of March 2024, an improvement of 1.4 percentage points on the previous year.

Table 1: Number of prison officers1 across public sector prisons2 who left HMPPS3 from the high security estate4, broken down by calendar year, from 01 January 2010 - 31 December 2023(p)

(headcount)

Calendar year

Number of prison officers who left HMPPS from the high security estate

2010

191

2011

229

2012

234

2013

519

2014

284

2015

264

2016

265

2017

301

2018

422

2019

510

2020

398

2021

516

2022

711

2023

556

Notes to table 1:


1. "Prison officers" refers to staff in the following grades: Band 3-4 / Prison Officer (incl specialists), Band 4 / Supervising Officer and Band 5 / Custodial Managers working in HM Prison Service or the Youth Custody Service (YCS), in England and Wales. Therefore, it excludes staff working in HQ or the Probation Service

2. Only information for public sector prisons in England and Wales. Information for private prisons is not included in this table

3. As with all HR databases, extracts are taken at a fixed point in time, to ensure consistency of reporting. However, the database itself is dynamic and where updates to the database are made late, subsequent to the taking of the extract, these updates will not be reflected in figures produced by the extract. For this reason, HR data are unlikely to be precisely accurate

4. The "high security estate" refers to the 'Long term & High Security' group in public sector prisons in England and Wales. The "high security estate" categorisation is reflective as at 31 March 2024.

(p) Provisional data. There may be minor changes to figures in future due to additional data being recorded on the reporting system.


Written Question
Lewes Prison
Thursday 23rd May 2024

Asked by: Caroline Lucas (Green Party - Brighton, Pavilion)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the report by HM Inspectorate of Prisons entitled Report on an announced inspection of HMP Lewes by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons 5–16 February 2024, published on 14 May 2024, what discussions he has had on conditions in HMP Lewes in the last six months; when did these discussions take place; and what estimate he has made of the amount of investment required to tackle rising levels of (a) violence, (b) self-harm, (c) drug misuse, (d) ageing infrastructure and (e) staffing shortfalls at the prison.

Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

Ministers and senior officials continue to engage closely with leaders responsible for HMP Lewes in a variety of ways, not limited to in-person meetings and site visits.

The Prison Group Director for Kent, Surrey and Sussex frequently visits HMP Lewes, and his assessment of conditions at the prison informs consideration by Ministers and senior officials.

HMP Lewes is subject to estate-wide, nationally-led, security and safety improvement programmes. These include the installation of security features such as body scanners and other technology to stop illicit substances, weapons, and mobile telephones from entering prisons. Additionally, we have invested to incentivise drug-free living, and to continue work that is already under way in removing potential ligature points in cells.

A range of ongoing and planned projects to improve the infrastructure at HMP Lewes includes refurbishing showers, upgrading heating systems, replacing windows, and installing more decency features.

As these programmes and projects are funded from a variety of budgets, some of which are estate-wide, it is not possible to provide a breakdown of costs.

Our staffing position has greatly improved across the estate. At prisons where recruitment challenges remain, we will continue to offer an additional supplement to attract new Prison Officers.

More information is available in the Prisons White Paper, which can be accessed via the following link: Prisons Strategy White Paper - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).


Written Question
Probation: Staff
Thursday 23rd May 2024

Asked by: Rachel Hopkins (Labour - Luton South)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many qualified probation officers were in post at the end of March in each year since 2020.

Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

Staffing levels across HMPPS are publicly available in the “HM Prison and Probation Service workforce quarterly” Official Statistics release, published at: www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-offender-management-service-workforce-statistics.

Information on the number of staff by grade is available in Table 3 of the accompanying data tables, which can be found at: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6644d719ae748c43d3793c71/hmpps-workforce-statistics-tables-mar-2024_final.ods.

As of 31 March 2024, there were 5,139 full-time equivalent (FTE) Probation Officers in post. This is an increase of 718 FTE since 31 March 2023.


Select Committee
Obesity Health Alliance
FDO0058 - Food, Diet and Obesity

Written Evidence May. 22 2024

Inquiry: Food, Diet and Obesity
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Food, Diet and Obesity Committee

Found: third major barrier to action is that there is not uniform support for interventions from planning officers