Official Statistics

Prison Performance Ratings: 2022 to 2023

Annual performance ratings of prison establishments in England and Wales.

Documents

Annual Prison Performance Ratings Statistical Bulletin 2022/23

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Annual Prison Performance Ratings Supplementary Tables 2022/23

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Annual Prison Performance Ratings Guide 2022/23

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Details

This year’s report contains the annual prison performance ratings for 2022/23 calculated using data from the prison performance framework covering 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023.

This publication of the Annual Prison Performance Ratings used the Prison Performance Tool Dashboard (PPTD) to assess performance in each prison. The PPTD used a data driven assessment to determine prisons ratings as below:

4: Outstanding performance

3: Good performance

2: Performance of concern

1: Performance of serious concern

This is the first time since 2019/20 that a fully data driven approach was used to calculate the overall prison performance ratings with performance reporting suspended in 2020/21 and a data informed approach used in 2021/22. As such much focus has been given to comparisons to 2019/20.

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:

Secretary of State and Lord Chancellor; Minister of State, Prisons and Probation; Permanent Secretary; Director General - Performance, Strategy and Analysis; Chief Executive Officer of HMPPS; Director General Operations; Head of Assurance and Performance, Director General and Chief Operating Officer Prisons; Chief Probation Officer; Chief Operating Officer of Prisons; Executive Director, HMPPS Wales; Executive Director, HMPPS Change; Executive Director, Reducing Reoffending, Partnerships and Accommodation; Director, Planning and Performance; Programme Director, Probation Programme; Executive Director, Strategy and Performance; Executive Director, Prisons South; Executive Director, Long Term High Secure Estate; Executive Director, Privately Managed Prisons; Executive Director, Prisons North; Staff Officer for Executive Director, Prisons North; Deputy Director Effective Practice and Service Improvement Group; Head of Performance Improvement; Deputy Director, Probation Programme; Head of Performance, Probation Programme; Chief Executive, New Futures Network; Deputy Director, Prisoner Outcomes, Resettlement and Reoffending; Deputy Director, Reducing Reoffending; Design and Implementation Lead: Commissioned Rehabilitative Services; Head of Permanent Secretary’s Office; Head of Office - Director General HMPPS Chief Executive Officer; Director of Prison Policy; Director General of Policy; Director of Data and Analysis; Deputy Director of Data and Statistics Prisons, Probation and Reoffending and Head of Profession for Statistics; Head of Reducing Reoffending Business Partnering; Performance, Assurance and Co-Commissioning Learning and Skills Lead; Head of Division, Scrutiny, Performance and Engagement; Head of News; Deputy Head of News; Press Officer (x7); Private Secretary.

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Published 27 July 2023

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