Appearances and Speeches

As part of the ambitious cross-Government Drug Strategy, the Ministry of Justice is rolling out a range of interventions to support prisoner

All convicted terrorists are referred to Pathfinder upon entry to prison.

I refer the honourable Member to the answer I gave on 17 November 2023 to Question 927:

The number of working days lost by HMPPS staff by grade is published every quarter in Table 19 of the “HM Prison and Probation Service workf

Table One: Vacancies across Probation Service Regions, September 2023, all Probation Service grades Probation Service Region Vacancies (

The quarterly HMPPS workforce statistics publication covers staffing information, including leavers, and the latest publication covers data

The number of leavers from HMPPS by grade is published every quarter in Table 8c of the “HM Prison and Probation Service workforce statistic

The vast majority of prison staff are hardworking and dedicated.

All newly recruited prison officers receive a minimum of ten weeks training which provides them with the skills required to be a competent p

Between April 2018 and March 2023, there were 25,323 positive rMDT tests for both traditional drugs and psychoactive substances.