Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers currently serving at HMP Risley have (a) less than six months, (b) six to 12 months, (c) 12 months to five years and (iv) more than five years' service as prison officers.

The number of band 3-5 prison officers, on Full Time Equivalent (FTE) basis, as at 30^th June 2018 by length of service as a prison officer can be found in table 1 below.

Table 1: Full Time Equivalent (FTE) Band 3-5 officers¹ in post at HMP Risley, by length of service², as 30^th June 2018

1. These include Band 3-4 / Prison Officer (incl specialists), Band 4 / Supervising Officer and Band 5 / Custodial Managers.

2. Length of service is calculated from the date staff started working in an officer grade.