{"value":{"id":1902012,"askingMemberId":4988,"askingMember":null,"house":"Lords","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2026-04-21T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2026-05-06T00:00:00","uin":"HL16628","questionText":"To ask His Majesty's Government how many job vacancies there currently are in HM Prison and Probation Service.","answeringBodyId":54,"answeringBodyName":"Ministry of Justice","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":5364,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2026-04-27T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) holds required staffing levels which are subject to regular amendment and managed at a local and regional level. As a result of this discretion, HMPPS does not present vacancy data due to variability in required staffing levels.</p><p>We do, however, publish indicative vacancies in the HMPPS Workforce and the most recently published figures can be found via the following link: <a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hm-prison-probation-service-workforce-quarterly-december-2025\" target=\"_blank\">HM Prison &amp; Probation Service workforce quarterly: December 2025 - GOV.UK</a>.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"HM Prison and Probation Service: Vacancies","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1902012","method":"GET"}]}