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Written question asked by Richard Burgon (Labour) on Friday, 6 September 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 11 September 2019 (named day). It was answered by Lucy Frazer (Conservative) on Thursday, 26 September 2019 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.


Prison Officers: Recruitment

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 30 July 2019 to Question 280425, whether funding for the additional prison officers recruited is from (a) existing funding from his Department or (b) additional funding from the public purse.

Answer

Additional funding announced by the Secretary of State in November 2016, for an additional 2,500 prison officer posts, was agreed with HM Treasury as part of the Autumn Statement 2016.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
287921
Session
2017-19
Related items
Prison Officers: Recruitment
Tuesday, 30 July 2019
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Finance Pay Recruitment Prison officers
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk