Custodial Treatment: Unpaid Work
(asked on 23rd April 2025) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many unpaid work (a) staff and (b) supervisors have been employed in each of the last 10 financial years.
The number of unpaid work (a) staff and (b) supervisors that have been employed in each of the last 10 financial years can be seen in the below table:
Table 1 - Number of unpaid work staff in post on 31 March 2022 to 2024 and 31 December 2024 (Full Time Equivalent)
Unpaid Work | 31-Mar-22 | 31-Mar-23 | 31-Mar-24 | 31-Dec-24 |
Unpaid Work: Non-supervisors | 237 | 330 | 365 | 374 |
Unpaid Work: Community Payback Supervisors | 435 | 603 | 623 | 623 |
Unpaid Work: Total staff | 671 | 933 | 989 | 997 |
Information for unpaid work staff is not available prior to June 2021 due to due to the Community Rehabilitation Companies not being part of HMPPS.