Prison Officers: East Midlands
(asked on 10th September 2025) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many vacancies for prison officers there were in (a) Lincolnshire and (b) the East Midlands in the latest period for which figures are available.
We publish prison establishment level indicative vacancies in the HMPPS Workforce stats, table 4 of the Prison and Probation Officer Recruitment annex: HM Prison and Probation Service workforce quarterly: June 2025 - GOV.UK.
East Midlands and Lincolnshire data as below (further information and Notes explanation can be found at the above link).
Table 4: Difference between Target Staffing (Full Time Equivalent) and Staff in Post(2) (Hours Adjusted FTE) for Band 3 to 5 Prison Officers(3), by HMPPS Public Sector Prison Establishment(12) | ||||
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Group | Prison Establishment | Staff in Post(1)(2)(3)(14)(16) | Target Staffing(4)(10)(16) | Difference(5)(11)(13)(15)(16) |
East Midlands | Leicester | 135 | 139 | -4 |
East Midlands | Morton Hall | 118 | 125 | -6 |
East Midlands | Nottingham | 289 | 300 | -11 |
East Midlands | Onley | 182 | 195 | -13 |
East Midlands | Ranby | 264 | 271 | -7 |
East Midlands | Stocken | 269 | 283 | -13 |
East Midlands | Whatton | 196 | 192 | 4 |
Lincolnshire | Lincoln | 196 | 201 | -4 |
Lincolnshire | North Sea Camp | 57 | 61 | -3 |