questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to his oral statement of 12 March 2024 on Update on foreign national offenders, prisons and probation, in what roles the 400 additional caseworkers were previously working.
answerText: The additional caseworkers referenced in the oral statement of Secretary of State for Justice on 12 March 2024 are Home Office staff.The 400 additional caseworkers are external recruits and were not transferred from other roles.
heading: Offenders: Foreign Nationals