HC Deb 16 November 1972 vol 846 c194W
Sir H. Harrison

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what were the figures for the recruitment of prison officers in each year since 1965.

Mr. Carlisle

The figures for England and Wales are as follows:

1965 773
1966 1,182
1967 1,593
1968 1,370
1969 1,418
1970 942
1971 1,415
1972 (to 31st October) 1,301