HM Prison & Probation Service workforce quarterly: March 2026
Staffing numbers of directly employed staff of the HM Prison and Probation Service.
Applies to England and Wales
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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 March 2026.
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.
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Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State; Minister of State for Prisons, Probation and Reducing Reoffending; Permanent Secretary; Second Permanent Secretary; Press officers (x7); Director General CEO HMPPS; Director General of Operation for Prisons and Probation; Chief People Officer; Director HR Operations in MoJ People Group HR Operations; Deputy Director in MoJ Resourcing, Selection & Onboarding; Deputy Director, Professional Standards and Behaviour; Policy Advisor for Prison Workforce Policy; Head of Programme - Operational Learning Transformation; HMPPS Senior People and Risk Manager; Head of Policy – Governance and Data Analysis, Probation Workforce Programme; Special Projects and Briefing Lead – CEO Office; Head of Capacity & Efficiency, Probation Workforce Programme; Head of HMPPS Disparities Unit; Analysis directorate wider production (x10)