Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers (a) work in each prison and (b) are authorised to work in each prison at the latest date for which figures are available.

Information on the number of prison officers working in each pubic sector prison is published in the National Offender Management Service Workforce Statistics Bulletin (table 10). The bulletin can be found at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-offender-management-service-workforce-statistics

All members of staff have the appropriate authorisation to work in prisons.