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Publish comprehensive quarterly data on prison staff vacancies, retirements, and skilled worker visas.

Conclusion
HMPPS must be transparent on its workforce data. Data must be captured and published on the vacancy rate for each prison staff role, how many of those roles have staff that are eligible to retire in the next five years, 81 and how many staff are on skilled worker visas. Going forward, this data should be published as part of the quarterly workforce statistics. (Recommendation, Paragraph 35)
Government Response

A response document is linked to this report, dated 30 January 2026. Response attribution to this conclusion has not been verified. Read the response document.

Addressee Bodies
Ministry of Justice
Timeline
Recommendation age 0.8 yr
Report published 14 Nov 2025