PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
(12 November 2024)
Question Asked
Asked by:
Ben Goldsborough (Labour)
Answer
Data relating to the leaving rates in prisons, broken down by the financial years and prison categories requested, has been provided in table 1 (below).
Table 1: Underlying leaving rate of permanent staff, by prison category - financial years 2014/15 to 2023/24
Financial Year | Category A | Category B | Category C | Category D | YCS |
2014/15 | 6.0% | 8.8% | 8.4% | 7.8% | 11.1% |
2015/16 | 4.9% | 9.6% | 8.5% | 7.8% | 10.6% |
2016/17 | 6.1% | 10.5% | 9.6% | 7.0% | 11.0% |
2017/18 | 6.3% | 11.1% | 9.7% | 7.6% | 10.5% |
2018/19 | 7.5% | 12.0% | 11.5% | 6.7% | 9.4% |
2019/20 | 7.9% | 13.2% | 12.1% | 7.7% | 11.4% |
2020/21 | 7.7% | 9.9% | 9.7% | 7.6% | 7.8% |
2021/22 | 10.4% | 15.7% | 15.0% | 10.2% | 12.2% |
2022/23 | 11.9% | 15.5% | 14.2% | 10.5% | 17.0% |
2023/24 | 9.6% | 13.4% | 12.7% | 10.3% | 17.3% |
Notes
1. Movements due to machinery of Government changes or due to staff transferring to or from the private sector as a result of changes in the management of establishments are not included in these tables.
2. Permanent staff are those with a permanent contract of employment with HMPPS.
3. The leavers figures relate to those who have left HMPPS but do not include voluntary early departure or redundancy.
4. Prisons assigned to the category they were on 31 March 2024 or the category they were when they closed. Does not include prisons in the Women’s Estate.
5. Coverage is public sector prisons in England and Wales.
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