Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prison staff were aged 60 or over in each of the last ten years.

Information on the number of staff, aged 60 in HM Prisons (including YCS) for the years 2014 – 2016 is given in Table 1. Figures are as at 31 March each year.

Information on the number of staff, aged 60 in HM Prisons (including YCS) for the years 2017 – 2023 is available in the public domain: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hm-prison-and-probation-service-workforce-quarterly-march-2023.

Table 1 Number of prison staff in post - aged 60 and over(1) - as at 31 March from 2014 to 2016

Notes:

1. Age as at date.