{"value":{"id":1486540,"askingMemberId":4620,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2022-07-05T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2022-07-07T00:00:00","uin":"31202","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications there were to the PQiP scheme for each recruitment drive since the inception of that scheme; and how many prison officer vacancies there were in each 12 month period over the last 10 years.","answeringBodyId":54,"answeringBodyName":"Ministry of Justice","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4032,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2022-07-13T00:00:00","answerText":"

More than 1,500 new trainee probation officers have been hired this year - hitting the government’s target while helping to cut crime, make streets safer and protect the public.

Table 1: Number of applications to the PQiP scheme.

PQiP Campaign

2020

2021

2022

Total

PQiP 08

3542

3542

PQiP 09

6392

6392

PQiP 10

6225

6225

PQiP 11

1811

1811

PQiP 12

3444

3444

PQiP 13

3736

3736

Overall

9934

8036

7180

25150

Table 1 notes:

  1. Data prior to PQiP 8 is not available on the Oleeo recruitment system that we have access to as recruitment was carried out by a third party.

Prison Officer vacancy figures for the past 10 years are not available as we do not have a fixed staffing requirement for each individual prison establishment.

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