Official Statistics

HM Prison & Probation Service workforce quarterly: September 2024

Staffing numbers of directly employed staff of the HM Prison and Probation Service.

Applies to England and Wales

Documents

HMPPS workforce statistics bulletin: September 2024 tables

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Great Place to Work for Veterans recruitment annex

Prison and Probation Officer Recruitment annex: September 2024

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Details

The HMPPS workforce bulletin provides statistics on staffing levels and staff inflows and outflows in England and Wales. This publication updates statistics on HMPPS staffing levels up to the end of September 2024.

The prison and probation officer recruitment annex provides the difference between required and current staffing levels of Probation Officers, and the number of Trainee Probation Officers and other qualified staff. it also provides quarterly hours adjusted Staff in Post, Target Staffing and Difference at establishment level for Band 3-5 Prison Officers

The bulletin is released by the Ministry of Justice and produced in accordance with arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.

Pre-release list

HMPPS workforce bulletin is produced and handled by the Ministry of Justice’s (MOJ) analytical professionals and production staff. Pre-release access of up to 24 hours is granted to the following persons:

Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State; Minister of State for Prisons, Probation and Reducing Reoffending; Permanent Secretary; Press officers (x8); Director General CEO HMPPS; Director General of Operation for Prisons and Probation; Chief People Officer; Policy Advisor for Prison Workforce Policy; Deputy Director in MoJ Resourcing, Selection & Onboarding; Director HR Operations in MoJ People Group HR Operations; Deputy Director in MoJ Resourcing; Policy lead in Probation Workforce Programme, Capacity and Efficiency; Deputy Director, Professional Standards and Behaviour; HMPPS Senior People and Risk Manager; Head of Policy – Governance and Data Analysis, Probation Workforce Programme; Deputy Director, Probation Operations Directorate; Special Projects and Briefing Lead – CEO Office; Deputy Director, Future Operations and the Prisons Joint Resourcing Unit; Data & Analysis and wider production (x15).

Updates to this page

Published 21 November 2024

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