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Written Question
Ministry of Justice: Public Appointments
Tuesday 16th December 2025

Asked by: Charlie Dewhirst (Conservative - Bridlington and The Wolds)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) name, (b) job title, (c) annual remuneration, (d) time commitment and (e) expected end date is for each direct ministerial appointment in his Department.

Answered by Jake Richards - Assistant Whip

The Ministry of Justice makes information on its direct ministerial appointments available in line with Cabinet Office guidance on transparency. This information is available on GOV.UK and kept under review to ensure it is up to date.

Name(s)

Job Title

Press Release

Kate Green; Dr Tom McNeil; Katy Swaine Williams; Dr Shona Minson; Bernie Bowen-Thomson; Michaela Booth; Anne Fox; Lady Edwina Grosvenor; Dame Vera Baird DBE KC; Pia Sinha

Members of Women’s Justice Board

Women’s Justice Board - GOV.UK

Dame Carol Black; Ed Bathgate; Andi Brierley; Vicki Markiewicz; Dr Sunil Lad; Ranjan Bhattacharyya; Dr Ed Day.

Members of Drug and Alcohol Recovery Expert Panel

Drug and Alcohol Recovery Expert Panel: Terms of Reference - GOV.UK

Dame Lynne Owens

Lead Independent Reviewer into Releases in Error

Appointment of Dame Lynne Owens as independent reviewer - GOV.UK

Her Honour Deborah Taylor

Chair of the Criminal Legal Aid Advisory Board

New Chair of the Criminal Legal Aid Advisory Board appointed - GOV.UK Extension of Deborah Taylor's term as Chair of the Criminal Legal Aid Advisory Board - GOV.UK

Chair of the Nottingham Inquiry

Chair appointed for public inquiry into Nottingham attack - GOV.UK

The Rt Hon Sir Brian Leveson

Chair of the Independent Review of the Criminal Courts

Independent Review of the Criminal Courts - GOV.UK

Shaun McNally, Chris Mayer, Jay Bangle, Katie Atkinson, David Ormerod

Expert Advisers to the Independent Review of the Criminal Courts

Independent Review of the Criminal Courts - GOV.UK

HHJ Sarah Munro KC

Chair of the Andrew Malkinson Inquiry

Judge appointed to chair independent Malkinson Inquiry - GOV.UK

Lord Philip Sales, The Right Hon. Sir Colin Birss, The Honourable Justice Joanna Smith, Mark Evans, Kirsty Brimelow KC, Dame Elizabeth Gloster DBE, Richard Bamforth, Jonathan Wood, Kevin Nash, Lucy Greenwood, Clare Ambrose, Christina Blacklaws, Charles Clark, Professor Richard Susskind CBE KC (Hon), Dr Linda Yueh, James Palmer CBE, John Foster, Marcus Peffers, Dame Linda Dobbs DBE, Farzana Baduel

Members of English Law Promotion Panel

Deputy Prime Minister convenes legal and business leaders to spearhead plan to future-proof UK legal sector - GOV.UK


Written Question
Ministry of Justice: Official Cars
Wednesday 6th November 2024

Asked by: Charlie Dewhirst (Conservative - Bridlington and The Wolds)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2024 to Question 7025 on Ministry of Justice: Official Cars, which specific senior officials in the Department have use of the five cars; and whether these senior officials had access to a government car before the general election.

Answered by Alex Davies-Jones - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)

For security reasons specific details of allocations including make and model of vehicles are not issued.

The arrangements relating to the usage of vehicles in the Government Car Service are set out in the Civil Service Management Code.


Written Question
Ministry of Justice: Official Cars
Wednesday 6th November 2024

Asked by: Charlie Dewhirst (Conservative - Bridlington and The Wolds)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2024 to Question 7024 on Ministry of Justice: Official Cars, how many of the five vehicles are electric cars.

Answered by Alex Davies-Jones - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)

For security reasons specific details of allocations including make and model of vehicles are not issued.

The arrangements relating to the usage of vehicles in the Government Car Service are set out in the Civil Service Management Code.


Written Question
Ministry of Justice
Wednesday 23rd October 2024

Asked by: Charlie Dewhirst (Conservative - Bridlington and The Wolds)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what meetings (a) Ministers and (b) her officials have held with external stakeholders since 5 July 2024.

Answered by Alex Davies-Jones - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)

Details of ministers' and senior officials' meetings with external stakeholders and organisations are published quarterly in arrears on GOV.UK. Data for the period of July to September 2024 will be published in due course.


Written Question
Ministry of Justice: Official Cars
Monday 14th October 2024

Asked by: Charlie Dewhirst (Conservative - Bridlington and The Wolds)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what her Department's policy is on the allocation of Government Car Service cars to senior officials; what the policy was on 24 May 2024; and which senior officials have been granted access to the service since 4 July 2024.

Answered by Alex Davies-Jones - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)

The Government Car Service offers vehicles to government departments as a shared resource. Each department independently determines the allocation of these vehicles.

The arrangements relating to the using of vehicles in the Government Car Service is set out in the Civil Service Management Code.

There has been no change in this policy since the general election.


Written Question
Ministry of Justice: Official Cars
Monday 14th October 2024

Asked by: Charlie Dewhirst (Conservative - Bridlington and The Wolds)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answers of 6 September 2024 to Questions 2306 and 2308 on Ministers: Official Cars, which (a) Ministers and (b) officials in her Department have (i) been allocated a dedicated vehicle and (ii) access to use of a shared vehicle from the Government Car Service; what the (A) make, (B) model and (C) fuel type is for each car; and what the budget was for those cars in the 2024-25 financial year.

Answered by Alex Davies-Jones - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)

The Government Car Service offers vehicles to government departments as a shared resource. Each department independently determines the allocations of these vehicles to its ministerial cadre/officials, as under previous administrations.

The Ministry of Justice is currently allocated 5 vehicles including allocated and shared vehicles.

For security reasons, specific details of allocations including make and model of vehicles are not issued.

The average cost to a Department for a single DPC (Department Pool Car) in 2024/25 financial year is £108K per annum.