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Prisons and Young Offender Institutions: Staff

Asked by Pam CoxLabourMinistry of JusticeTabled Answered 23 December 2025UIN 100717

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisons and Young Offender Institutions have (a) an ID and Banking Administrator and (b) an Employment Lead currently in post.

Answered by Jake Richards

Prison Employment Leads (PELs) and ID and Banking Administrators (IDBAs) were introduced to 93 prisons across the estate in 2022 and have been effective in supporting prisoners to prepare for their reintegration into the community since then. Whilst these roles are supported nationally, they are managed and recruited to locally, so numbers of vacancies are not held centrally.

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