Written question asked by Siobhain McDonagh (Labour) on Monday, 15 April 2024, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 17 April 2024. It was answered by Edward Argar (Conservative) on Tuesday, 23 April 2024 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.

Prisons: Clinical Psychologists

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many psychologists were employed in prisons on average in each year since 2010.

Answer

The quarterly HMPPS workforce statistics publication covers staffing information, and the latest publication covers data up to 31 December 2023. The average number of psychologists is given in table 1 below.

Table 1 - Average number of psychologists¹ in HMPPS ² for each calendar year from 2010 to 2023

(full-time equivalent)

Calendar Year		Total
2010		568
2011		549
2012		522
2013		507
2014		507
2015		544
2016		615
2017		654
2018		698
2019		762
2020		798
2021		816
2022		874
2023		862

Notes

1. Only including staff in HMPPS bands 5 to 11 and will include trainee psychologists. Staff in groupworker or administrative roles in psychology at bands 3 and 4 are excluded.

2. Psychologists employed in the Probation Service are not included.

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Type: Written question
Reference: 21518
Session: 2023-24
Subjects: Prisons Clinical psychologists
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk

Prisons: Clinical Psychologists

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