Prison Officers

(asked on 9th February 2015) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers have taken severance and redundancy packages in each month since May 2014.


Answered by
Andrew Selous Portrait
Andrew Selous
Second Church Estates Commissioner
This question was answered on 12th February 2015

Information on the amount paid to prison officers in severance since May 2014 is not currently available. Invoices relating to severance payments made for this period have not been received by Departments.

Information, from personnel records, on the number of prison officers who have left NOMS for reasons that would typically attract a severance payment is contained in the table. Severance payments are usually received by staff leaving NOMS due to medical inefficiency and through voluntary exit schemes. No voluntary exit schemes involving prison officers have been initiated in 2014/15. The small number, which amounts to five or fewer, of exits under these terms relate to officers who had previously agreed an exit but whose departure had been delayed into this year.

Monthly Headcount of Prison Officers Leaving NOMS Due To Reasons Attracting Severance/Redundancy Payments (Voluntary Exit Schemes And Medical Inefficiency Cases) May - September 2014

Month

Headcount of Leavers

May 2014

10

Jun 2014

20

Jul 2014

20

Aug 2014

20

Sep 2014

20

Notes:

A small number of officers leaving for medical inefficiency may be re-designated and will not receive a severance payment.

Figures are derived from Official Statistics and in line with our obligations under the Statistics and Registration Act 2007 and the Official Statistics Code of Practice, staff numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10.

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