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HM Prison and Probation Service: Migrant Workers

Asked by Ben Obese-JectyConservativeMinistry of JusticeTabled Answered 12 December 2025UIN 96855

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff within the HM Prison & Probation Service reliant on visas for employment have been employed since 5 July 2024.

Answered by Jake Richards

The Ministry of Justice does not hold the requested information requested data in an easily accessible format. Right to Work data is collected during the vetting stage but is not retained within the employment record. As a result, extracting this information would require a manual review of individual vetting files, which would incur a disproportionate cost.

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