Maintaining the safety and security of Scotland’s prisons is and will remain an absolute priority.The number of SPS staff who were subject to a gross misconduct investigation for each financial year from 2015-16 to 2025-26 is set out in the following table:YearNumber of Prison Officers employed by SPSNumber of New Gross Misconduct InvestigationsNumber of Investigations as a percentage of Prison Officers2015-163361411.2%2016-173370501.5%2017-183342341.0%2018-193294501.5%2019-203242431.3%2020-213302371.1%2021-223381531.6%2022-233331581.7%2023-243420611.9%2024-253784641.7%2025-263804752.0% S7W-01297