Prison Officers
(asked on 1st July 2014) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many former prison officers his Department plans to hire to join to HM Prison Service Reserve.
This question was answered on 8th July 2014
HM Prison Service Reserve has been established as a permanent pool of experienced prison staff which can be deployed to areas of the country where and when there is a temporary need There is no limit on the number of former officers who may join The Reserve.
1375 ex-prison officers invited to express interest left under one of a number of voluntary early departure schemes supporting the closure of prisons or other efficiency programmes.