Official Statistics

HM Prison & Probation Service workforce quarterly: December 2023

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

Applies to England and Wales

Documents

HMPPS workforce statistics bulletin: December 2023 tables

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Recruitment Diversity Statistics: December 2023 tables

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Probation Officer Recruitment annex: December 2023

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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 December 2023.

The 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.

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 Justice; Permanent Secretary; Press officers (x7); Director General CEO HMPPS; Director General of Operation for Prisons and Probation; Director General of Performance, Strategy and Analysis; Chief People Officer; Policy Advisor for Future Prisons Policy; Deputy Director in MoJ Resourcing, Selection & Onboarding; Director HR Operations in MoJ People Group HR Operations; Head of HR Services; Policy lead in Probation Workforce Programme, Capacity and Efficiency; Deputy Director, Office of the Chief Executive; HMPPS Senior People and Risk Manager; Head of Resource Planning and Governance, Probation Workforce Programme; Data & Analysis and wider production (x11).

Updates to this page

Published 15 February 2024

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