Prison Officers
(asked on 25th March 2021) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the cumulative number of years of experience held by all prison officers in each year since 2010.
As at 31st December each year the cumulative length of service, in years, held by all prison officers is given in the following table.
Table 1 – Band 3-5 Prison Officers1 in England and Wales cumulative length of service2, as at 31st December each year from 2010 to 20203
Date | Number of Prison officers in post (Full Time Equivalent) | Cumulative Length of Service of all prison officers |
31/12/2010 | 24,501 | 329,353 |
31/12/2011 | 23,054 | 326,563 |
31/12/2012 | 21,842 | 326,678 |
31/12/2013 | 18,731 | 287,921 |
31/12/2014 | 17,795 | 278,254 |
31/12/2015 | 18,235 | 272,086 |
31/12/2016 | 17,887 | 261,607 |
31/12/2017 | 19,925 | 253,665 |
31/12/2018 | 22,722 | 248,008 |
31/12/2019 | 22,154 | 246,375 |
31/12/2020 | 21,564 | 243,036 |
Notes to tables:
1. Band 3-5 Officers includes Band 3-4 / Prison Officers (incl. specialists), Band 4 / Supervising Officers, and Band 5 / Custodial Managers
2. The length of service in HMPPS is 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
3. As of 1st July 2019, HMP Birmingham has come back under public ownership. Figures for its staff are now included in the SIP figures.