Prison Officers: Labour Turnover
(asked on 22nd March 2018) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many new recruits have left the Prison Service in each of the last two years.
The number Prison Service staff who have left the service, by length of service, in the last two years is provided below.
Table 1: HMPPS staff who have left the Prison Service, by length of service1, in the 12 months to December 2016 and 12 months to December 2017
Completed years of service | 12 months to December 2016 | 12 months to December 2017 |
0 | 461 | 682 |
1 | 397 | 319 |
2 | 76 | 288 |
3 | 40 | 59 |
4 | 49 | 25 |
5-9 | 523 | 363 |
10-14 | 532 | 507 |
15-19 | 271 | 266 |
20-24 | 290 | 208 |
25-29 | 269 | 258 |
30+ | 167 | 163 |
Total | 3,075 | 3,138 |
1Length of service in HMPPS calculated from most recent hire date. Where staff have transferred in from another Government Department or have transferred in through HMPPS taking over a function, length of service is calculated from entry to HMPPS.