Prison Officers
(asked on 30th December 2020) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of (a) Band 3 prison officers on Fair and Sustainable terms and (b) all prison officers have (i) joined and (ii) left the Prison Service in each of the last eight quarters.
Table 1 - Band 3-5 Prison Officers1, Joiners2,3 by quarter ending December 2018 to September 2020
Headcount
| Three months to: | |||||||
| 31-Dec-18 | 31-Mar-19 | 30-Jun-19 | 30-Sep-19 | 31-Dec-19 | 31-Mar-20 | 30-Jun-20 | 30-Sep-20 |
New Joiners |
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Band 3 Prison Officers on Fair and Sustainable terms | 1,165 | 771 | 499 | 757 | 449 | 591 | 807 | 361 |
All Other Band 3 to 5 Prison Officers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Total Band 3-5 Prison Officers | 1,166 | 773 | 502 | 771 | 453 | 591 | 808 | 363 |
Average number of staff in post |
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Band 3 Prison Officers on Fair and Sustainable terms | 11,408 | 11,767 | 11,735 | 11,797 | 11,700 | 11,672 | 11,951 | 12,127 |
All Other Band 3 to 5 Prison Officers | 12,018 | 11,779 | 11,563 | 11,681 | 11,458 | 11,225 | 10,970 | 10,760 |
Total Band 3-5 Prison Officers | 23,425 | 23,546 | 23,298 | 23,477 | 23,157 | 22,897 | 22,921 | 22,886 |
New Joiners as a percentage of staff in post |
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Band 3 prison officers on Fair and Sustainable terms | 10% | 7% | 4% | 6% | 4% | 5% | 7% | 3% |
All Other Band 3 to 5 Prison Officers | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Total Band 3-5 Prison Officers | 5% | 3% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 2% |
Table 2 - Band 3-5 Prison Officer1 Leavers2,3 by quarter ending December 2018 to September 2020
Headcount
| Three months to: | |||||||
| 31-Dec-18 | 31-Mar-19 | 30-Jun-19 | 30-Sep-19 | 31-Dec-19 | 31-Mar-20 | 30-Jun-20 | 30-Sep-20 |
Leavers Band 3 Prison Officers on Fair and Sustainable terms | 454 | 454 | 475 | 585 | 487 | 437 | 266 | 367 |
All Other Band 3 to 5 Prison Officers | 232 | 207 | 227 | 232 | 219 | 190 | 167 | 148 |
Total Band 3-5 Prison Officers | 686 | 661 | 702 | 817 | 706 | 627 | 433 | 515 |
Average number of staff in post |
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Band 3 Prison Officers on Fair and Sustainable terms | 11,408 | 11,767 | 11,735 | 11,797 | 11,700 | 11,672 | 11,951 | 12,127 |
All Other Band 3 to 5 Prison Officers | 12,018 | 11,779 | 11,563 | 11,681 | 11,458 | 11,225 | 10,970 | 10,760 |
Total Band 3-5 Prison Officers | 23,425 | 23,546 | 23,298 | 23,477 | 23,157 | 22,897 | 22,921 | 22,886 |
Leavers as a percentage of staff in post |
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Band 3 prison officers on Fair and Sustainable terms | 4% | 4% | 4% | 5% | 4% | 4% | 2% | 3% |
All Other Band 3 to 5 Prison Officers | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 1% |
Total Band 3-5 Prison Officers | 3% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 2% |
Notes to Tables 1 and 2:
1. Includes Band 3-4 / Prison Officer (incl specialists), Band 4 / Supervising Officer and Band 5 / Custodial Managers. |
2. Movements due to machinery of Government changes or due to staff transferring to or from the private sector as a result of changes in the management of establishments are not included in these tables. Such movements are: |
On July 1, 2019, 468 FTE staff transferred back into HMPPS, as HMP Birmingham came back under public ownership. |
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. We are working hard to retain staff with additional training to progress their careers, and significant investment to keep them safe. All staff have access to support, including 24/7 counselling, trauma support and occupational health assessments and we are professionalising the prison service with qualifications for new officers on completion of training. |