Prison Officers: Resignations

(asked on 28th June 2018) - View Source
Questioner
Liz Saville Roberts Portrait
Liz Saville Roberts
(Plaid Cymru - Dwyfor Meirionnydd)

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 more than 18 months after the commencement of their employment in each of the last eight years.

Answered by
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Rory Stewart
This question was answered on 6th July 2018

The number of band 3-5 prison officers who left the Prison Service with more than 18 months service at leaving is shown in table 1 below.

Table 1: Band 3-5 officers1 (headcount) who left the Prison Service with more than 18 months service2, 2010/11 to 2017/18

Financial year

More than 18 months service

Total band 3-5 officer leavers

2010/11

1,052

1,148

2011/12

1,091

1,155

2012/13

1,475

1,525

2013/14

2,919

2,942

2014/15

1,265

1,352

2015/16

1,182

1,536

2016/17

1,430

1,824

2017/18

1,339

2,073

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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