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Prison Officers: Older Workers

Asked by James McMurdockIndependentMinistry of JusticeTabled Answered 8 July 2025UIN 63743

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prison officers aged 60 or over were dismissed from service after failing an annual fitness test in each of the last 5 years.

Answered by Sir Nicholas Dakin

The information requested is not held centrally.

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