Drones: High-security Prisons - Commons Urgent Question

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords am 3:53 pm ar 15 Ionawr 2025.

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Photo of Lord Timpson Lord Timpson The Minister of State, Ministry of Justice 3:53, 15 Ionawr 2025

I thank the noble Baroness for the question. Having run a business for many years and tried to find fantastic superstars to work with, I am well aware that we always want to find the best colleagues to work in our prisons. I am very engaged with the POA team as well. Noble Lords may be interested to know that we are currently at 99.5% staffing levels. That does not mean that everybody is trained and in the right place, but MoJ colleagues have made good progress on that. As regards the way recruitment works in our prisons, professionally trained assessors always take part in the interviews.