Rory Stewart corrected a written answer on Prison Officers

4 May 2018 · Commons written answer · Ministry of Justice

Richard Burgon (Labour, Leeds East) asked written question 139558 on 30 April 2018. Rory Stewart answered on 3 May 2018 for the Ministry of Justice, and Rory Stewart corrected the answer on 4 May 2018. The figure 13608 in the original became 137608 in the correction, higher by 124,000. Altogether 2 words differ between the two versions.

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has set a target for the net number of prison officers to be employed in the prison service in the next (a) 12 months and (b) three years.

Original and corrected answer

Struck through: original only. Bold: correction only.

Original	Corrected
I refer the honourable member to the answer to PQs ~~13608-10,~~ given on 27 April 2018. As we focus on making our jails safe and decent places to support rehabilitation between the end of October 2016 and the end of March 2018 we have increased prison officer numbers by 3,111, which is already significantly over our target of 2,500 additional staff by the end of December 2018. These recruitment efforts form part of a wider drive to ensure that all prisons are fully staffed so that they can deliver safe and decent regimes.	I refer the honourable member to the answer to PQs 137608-10, given on 27 April 2018. As we focus on making our jails safe and decent places to support rehabilitation between the end of October 2016 and the end of March 2018 we have increased prison officer numbers by 3,111, which is already significantly over our target of 2,500 additional staff by the end of December 2018. These recruitment efforts form part of a wider drive to ensure that all prisons are fully staffed so that they can deliver safe and decent regimes.

Original

Corrected

I refer the honourable member to the answer to PQs ~~13608-10,~~ given on 27 April 2018.
As we focus on making our jails safe and decent places to support rehabilitation between the end of October 2016 and the end of March 2018 we have increased prison officer numbers by 3,111, which is already significantly over our target of 2,500 additional staff by the end of December 2018. These recruitment efforts form part of a wider drive to ensure that all prisons are fully staffed so that they can deliver safe and decent regimes.

I refer the honourable member to the answer to PQs 137608-10, given on 27 April 2018.
As we focus on making our jails safe and decent places to support rehabilitation between the end of October 2016 and the end of March 2018 we have increased prison officer numbers by 3,111, which is already significantly over our target of 2,500 additional staff by the end of December 2018. These recruitment efforts form part of a wider drive to ensure that all prisons are fully staffed so that they can deliver safe and decent regimes.

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