{"value":{"id":1167032,"askingMemberId":3973,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2019-10-29T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2019-11-04T00:00:00","uin":"7121","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of band 3 to 5 prison officers have experience of less than (a) six months, (b) one year, (c) three years and (d) five years at (i) HMP Dartmoor, (ii) HMP Dartmoor comparator prisons, (iii) all category C prisons and (iv) all prisons.","answeringBodyId":54,"answeringBodyName":"Ministry of Justice","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":true,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4517,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2019-11-04T00:00:00","answerText":"

The number and proportion of band 3-5 prison officers by length of service as at 30th June 2019 for HMP Dartmoor, HMPS Dartmoor comparator prisons, category C prisons and all prisons, is provided in table 1 below.

The huge number of officers we’ve recently recruited inevitably means there are more staff – and more leavers - with under one year’s experience. But we are working hard to retain staff, including by giving them the biggest pay award in a decade last year.

Table 1: Number (full time equivalent) and proportion of band 3-5 officers1 in post, by length of service2 in HMP Dartmoor, HMP Dartmoor comparator prisons3, all male category C prisons, all public sector prisons4, as at 30 June 2019

Full time equivalent

Length of service2

HMP Dartmoor

HMP Dartmoor comparator prisons3

Male Category C prisons

All Public Sector prisons4

Number

%

Number

%

Number

%

Number

%

Less than 6 months

4

2.8%

36

3.6%

380

5.9%

1,274

5.8%

0 to 1 year

11

7.6%

117

11.8%

972

15.2%

3,407

15.5%

0 to 3 years

48

33.2%

342

34.3%

2,823

44.1%

9,343

42.5%

0 to 5 years

67

46.0%

404

40.6%

3,417

53.4%

11,373

51.7%

Notes:

1. Band 3-5 Officers includes Band 3-4 / Prison Officers (incl. specialists), Band 4 / Supervising Officers, and Band 5 / Custodial Managers.

2. The length of service is calculated from the most recent hire date.

3. Comparator prisons include Usk/Prescoed, Bure, Stafford, Channings Wood, Huntercombe, Warren Hill, Maidstone. Ashfield is not included in these figures as it is a private prison.

4. Includes staff who were employed in HM prisons only and does not include those based in HMPPS HQ, such as officers who are on detached duty with no fixed location, POELT trainers, or staff redeploying from closing establishments who are allocated to an area office in the HR database before being reallocated to a prison in the database.

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