Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prison officers in (a) Band 2, (b) Band 3, (c) Band 4, and (d) Band 5 have retired in each of the last 12 months, by prison.

The latest set of HMPPS Workforce Bulletin statistics for the quarter to 30 June 2021: Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service workforce quarterly: June 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

This publication provides headline statistics at an organisational, Group and Division level, we are not able to break this down further to establishment level by month. This information is broken down into various categories but can be found under retirement and medical retirement.

The next set of data for the period to 30 September 2021 is due to be published in the Workforce Statistics Report on 18 November 2021.

These statistics only cover information in relation to the public sector.