Official Statistics

Prison Performance Ratings: 2021 to 2022

Annual performance ratings of prison establishments in England and Wales.

Documents

Annual Prison Performance Ratings Statistical Bulletin 2021 to 2022

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Annual Prison Performance Ratings Supplementary Tables 2021 to 2022

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Annual Prison Performance Ratings Guide 2021 to 2022

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Details

The Annual Prison Performance Ratings are published to ensure transparency of the final performance assessments of both public sector and privately-managed prisons across England and Wales.

Due to the impact of COVID-19 on prison delivery during the year and impact on data reliability, a data-informed, rather than data-driven, assessment took place in 2021/22 to identify the rating for each prison. A two-tier rating system is used for 2021/22 performance ratings, where prisons have been rated as either having:

  • Performance is at least acceptable in the circumstances of COVID-19
  • Performance is of concern in the circumstances of COVID-19

This publication covers reporting for the period between the 1 April 2021 and the 31 March 2022.

Pre-release access:

The Annual Prison Performance Ratings publication 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:

Ministry of Justice:

Secretary of State and Lord Chancellor; Permanent Secretary; Director General of Probation; Chief Probation Officer; Chief Financial Officer; Minister of State, Prisons and Probation; Deputy Private Secretary; Principal Private Secretary; Deputy Principal Private Secretary, Head of Prisons and Probation Desk; Private Secretary; Deputy Private Secretary; Head of Office; Deputy Director, Office of Director General for Probation; Programme Director, Probation Programme; Deputy Director, Probation Programme; Chief Executive, New Futures Network; Head of Performance Intelligence Function; Deputy Director, Effective Practice and Service Improvement; Head of Policy and Briefing; Directorate of Reducing Reoffending, Partnerships and Accommodation; Deputy Director Rehabilitation Policy; Press Officer (x14); Head of Data and Insight, New Futures Network; Probation Reform Programme - Policy and Briefing; Acting Deputy Director, Office of the Director General for Probation, Wales and Youth; Communications Manager – Community Accommodation Service (CAS); CAS Project Support Officer; Chief Operating Officer, New Futures Network; Head of Profession; Head of HMPPS Performance; Deputy Director of Data and Evidence as a Service; Director of Data and Analysis; Performance Analyst (x7); Operational Researcher; Business Intelligence Support Analyst; Principle Social Researcher, Criminal Justice Analytical Priority Projects; Head of Criminal Justice Analytical Priority Projects; Principal Research Officer, Reducing Reoffending (x2); Head of Reducing Reoffending Business Partnering Team; Director of Prison Policy; Director General of Policy; Head of Prison Performance; Prison Performance Analyst (x3).

HM Prison and Probation Service:

Chief Executive Officer of HMPPS; Executive Director - Strategy Planning and Performance; Director General of Prisons; DG and COO Prisons; Chief Operating Officer of Prisons; Executive Director - Prisons South; Executive Director - Prisons North; Executive Director - Long Term High Secure Estate; Executive Director - HMPPS Wales; Executive Director - Privately Managed Prisons; Executive Director - Youth Custody Service; Deputy Director - Effective Practice and Service Improvement Group; Head of Performance Improvement; Head of Performance Intelligence; Head of Information - Youth Custody Service.

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Published 28 July 2022

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