Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the annual cost was to train a new prison officer in each year since 2010.

The current estimated cost to recruit and train a new Band 3 Prison Officer is approximately £13,000 as published in the Prison Service Pay Review Body report. Further information can be found on page 55 at: Prison Service Pay Review Body - Twentieth Report on England and Wales 2021 (publishing.service.gov.uk) (opens in a new tab).

Please be aware that the figures contained in the document are subject to regular change due to a number of variables and assumptions used to calculate the figures.

We are not able to provide an annual cost to train a new prison officer for each of the previous years to 2010 as this information is not centrally held and would be at disproportionate cost to obtain.