Yasmin Qureshi MP, Labour’s Shadow Prisons Minister, commenting on today’s National Offender Management Service (NOMS) workforce statistics, said:

“It’s no wonder ministers tried to sneak this out during Parliamentary recess.

“It would appear Liz Truss’s flagship recruitment drive is failing and frontline officers are still leaving the service. 

“We need urgent action to tackle the understaffing which is contributing to the Tories’ prisons crisis.”