Leeds Prison: Prison Officers

(asked on 12th June 2018) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers in England and Wales left the Prison Service while serving in HMP Leeds after less than (a) six months, (b) twelve months and (c) eighteen months from the start of their employment in each of the last eight years.


Answered by
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Rory Stewart
This question was answered on 18th June 2018

The number of band 3-5 prison officers who left HMP Leeds, by the length of service at leaving is shown in table 1 below.

Table 1: Band 3-5 officers1 (headcount) who left HMP Leeds, by length of service2, 2010/11 to 2017/18

Length of service2

Financial Year

Less than 6 months

6 months and up to but excluding 12 months

12 months and up to but excluding 18 months

18 months and over

Total band 3-5 officer leavers

2010/11

19

19

2011/12

22

22

2012/13

18

18

2013/14

60

60

2014/15

15

15

2015/16

1

3

34

38

2016/17

3

2

31

36

2017/18

26

15

2

33

76

1 Includes Bands 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.

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