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Written Question
Ministry of Justice: Conditions of Employment
Wednesday 26th April 2017

Asked by: Rob Marris (Labour - Wolverhampton South West)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of staff employed by her Department are employed on a contract which is (a) full-time permanent, (b) part-time permanent, (c) for less than two years' duration, (d) on an agency basis and (e) zero-hours.

Answered by Phillip Lee

The number of staff employed by the secretary of State for Justice’s Department who are a) full-time permanent 52,939, b) part-time permanent 12,353, c) for less than two years’ duration 852, d) on an agency basis 1,829, e) zero-hours contract 18.

The proportion of staff employed by the Secretary of State for Justice’s department is a) 79.6%, b)18.6%, c) 1.3%, d) 2.7%, e)0.03%

The proportions have been calculated using headcount of total number of employees. Not all business units have headcount figures available for agency staff for figure is Full time equivalent (FTE). The figures for zero hours contracts are all for HMCS/HMCTS. These staff work as scheduled ushers and do not work fixed hours, being called on as and when required.


Written Question
Personal Injury: Compensation
Tuesday 24th January 2017

Asked by: Rob Marris (Labour - Wolverhampton South West)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many responses were received from (a) people and (b) organisations to her Department's consultation, Reforming the soft tissue injury (whiplash) claims process, published on 17 November 2016.

Answered by Oliver Heald

In line with the latest Cabinet Office consultation principles and as stated in the consultation document, the response to the consultation will be published by 7 April. The response will include information on who responded to the consultation along with the number of responses received and the government’s policy decisions as a result of the consultation.


Written Question
Personal Injury: Compensation
Tuesday 24th January 2017

Asked by: Rob Marris (Labour - Wolverhampton South West)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the names of the (a) people and (b) organisations are who submitted written responses to her Department's consultation, Reforming the soft tissue injury (whiplash) claims process, published on 17 November 2016.

Answered by Oliver Heald

In line with the latest Cabinet Office consultation principles and as stated in the consultation document, the response to the consultation will be published by 7 April. The response will include information on who responded to the consultation along with the number of responses received and the government’s policy decisions as a result of the consultation.


Written Question
Personal Injury: Compensation
Tuesday 24th January 2017

Asked by: Rob Marris (Labour - Wolverhampton South West)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when she plans to publish her Department's response to its consultation, Reforming the soft tissue injury (whiplash) claims process, published on 17 November 2016.

Answered by Oliver Heald

In line with the latest Cabinet Office consultation principles and as stated in the consultation document, the response to the consultation will be published by 7 April. The response will include information on who responded to the consultation along with the number of responses received and the government’s policy decisions as a result of the consultation.