Current status: Answered by Angela Constance on 17 September 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many full-time equivalent prison officers there were in 2023-24.
I have asked Teresa Medhurst, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS), to respond. Her response is as follows:
As of 2 April 2024 (the date on which SPS’ year end people data was collated), SPS’ full time equivalent figure across prison officer positions was 3440.5.