Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many officials in the Prison Service have completed a military-style leadership course while in employment.

Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) would not characterise any of its leadership offer as ‘military-style’ and so the answer is none.

Since 2016 HMPPS has, however, built a successful partnership with the Ministry of Defence Academy, Shrivenham. Fifty-two leaders from across all parts of HMPPS, including the Prison Service, National Probation Service and Youth Custody Service have attended the Command, Leadership and Management course at Shrivenham. This is a one-week stand-alone leadership course which, for the military attendees, is part of a one-year programme.

Breakdown of numbers of HMPPS delegates by year is given below.

This has been targeted for those in senior roles (i.e. Prison Governors) or those with the potential to move to this level.