Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officer days have been lost due to sickness in each year since 2010.

Latest figures on the number working days lost due to sickness and sickness absence rates since 2010 can be found in table 15 in the HMPPS Workforce Statistics Bulletin at the following link:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/780169/hr-publication-tables-december-2018.xlsx.

HMPPS is committed to ensuring the health, safety and wellbeing of its staff in England and Wales, with all staff having access to a comprehensive occupational health service and employee assistance programme.