Asked by: Robert Largan (Conservative - High Peak)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he will respond to the correspondence of 10 May 2022 from the hon. Member for High Peak, referenced RL38933.
Answered by Tom Pursglove
The Government attaches great importance to the effective and timely handling of correspondence from MPs, either directly or on behalf of their constituents.
The letter of 10 May reference RL38933 has been answered and a response sent out.
Asked by: Robert Largan (Conservative - High Peak)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many senior civil servants employed by his Department were based in each of the 12 NUTS1 regions of the UK on (a) 1 March 2019, (b) 1 March 2020, (c) 1 March 2021 and (d) 1 September 2021.
Answered by James Cartlidge - Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
Data for the number of civils servants (headcount) employed by the Ministry of Justice by NUTS1 UK region as at 31st March 2019, 31st March 2020, 31st March 2021 and 30th September 2021 is provided in Table 1 below.
To align with published data an end of month position has been provided.
Table 1 - Ministry of Justice (including executive agency) SCS payroll staff in post by NUTS1 region | ||||||
| 31-Mar-19 | 31-Mar-20 | 31-Mar-21 | 30-Sep-21 | ||
North East | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | ||
North West | 10 | 13 | 13 | 12 | ||
Yorkshire and the Humber | 11 | 12 | 12 | 8 | ||
East Midlands | 10 | 10 | 14 | 11 | ||
West Midlands | 13 | 14 | 16 | 17 | ||
East of England | 5 | 5 | 9 | 12 | ||
London | 217 | 238 | 222 | 221 | ||
South East | 9 | 9 | 13 | 12 | ||
South West | 8 | 9 | 9 | 6 | ||
Wales | 4 | 7 | 13 | 14 | ||
Scotland | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ||
Northern Ireland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Unknown | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
Total | 294 | 323 | 331 | 323 | ||
Staff are assigned to a NUTS 1 region based on their HR Location Postcode in the department's HR database.
Those with an Unknown region have either a blank or invalid HR Location Postcode in the department's HR database.
This includes staff who are on TRA (Temporary Responsibility Allowance) to SCS.
Asked by: Robert Largan (Conservative - High Peak)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many civil servants employed by his Department were based in each of the 12 NUTS1 UK regions on (a) 1 March 2021, (b) 1 June 2021 and (c) 1 September 2021.
Answered by James Cartlidge - Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
Data for the number of civils servants employed by the Ministry of Justice by NUTS1 UK region as at 31 March 2021 are available at the following website:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/civil-service-statistics-2021
Data for the number of civils servants (headcount) employed by the Ministry of Justice by NUTS1 UK region as at 1 June 2021 and 1 September 2021 is provided in Table 1 below.
To align with published data an end of month position has been provided.
Table 1 - Ministry of Justice (including executive agency) payroll staff in post by NUTS1 region
| 30-Jun-21 | 30-Sep-21 |
North East | 4,902 | 4,953 |
North West | 10,703 | 10,733 |
Yorkshire and the Humber | 9,250 | 9,341 |
East Midlands | 7,601 | 7,644 |
West Midlands | 9,713 | 9,787 |
East of England | 7,555 | 7,509 |
London | 16,002 | 15,956 |
South East | 10,576 | 10,578 |
South West | 5,762 | 5,724 |
Wales | 4,371 | 4,342 |
Scotland | 575 | 588 |
Northern Ireland | 0 | 0 |
Unknown | 41 | 78 |
Total | 87,051 | 87,233 |
Staff are assigned to a NUTS 1 region based on their HR Location Postcode in the department's HR database.
Those with an Unknown region have either a blank or invalid HR Location Postcode in the department's HR database