Asked by: Tristram Hunt (Labour - Stoke-on-Trent Central)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many jobs in (a) his Department and (b) each of his Department's non-departmental public bodies, executive agencies, non-ministerial departments, advisory bodies and other accountable statutory bodies (i) have been abolished in or relocated from East Cheshire Local Authority since 2010 and (ii) will be abolished in or relocated from East Cheshire Local Authority by 2020.
Answered by Mike Penning
Within the Ministry of Justice, only the National Offender Management Service (NOMS), HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) and Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Services (Cafcass) have or have had offices within the East Cheshire postal address.
In September 2010 Cafcass closed its Sandbach office following consultation with staff. All 11 posts were relocated to the nearby Warrington office.
Within HMCTS, one post has been re-located from the East Cheshire Local Authority Area since 2010 and 16 posts have not been replaced when vacated by the previous post-holder. As part of the HMCTS Estates Reform Programme, both Macclesfield Magistrates' and Macclesfield County Courts are due to close in September 2016. Discussions are ongoing with HMCTS staff in post as to potential redeployment options that include courts in Crewe, however no decisions have yet taken place.
Asked by: Tristram Hunt (Labour - Stoke-on-Trent Central)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 7 January 2016 to Question 21452, how many jobs at the Staffordshire and West Midlands Probation Trust were abolished or relocated from Stoke-on Trent between May 2010 and 1 June 2014.
Answered by Andrew Selous
The former probation trusts ceased operation on 31 May 2014, as part of the previous Government’s Transforming Rehabilitation reforms. The trusts’ archived records are now held by the National Offender Management Service.
Within the specified timescale, it is not possible to ascertain whether or not the information requested is held in the archives. I will write to the hon. Member in due course to let him know the position and to provide the information if we have it.
Asked by: Tristram Hunt (Labour - Stoke-on-Trent Central)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many jobs in (a) his Department and (b) each of its non-departmental public bodies, executive agencies, non-ministerial departments, advisory bodies and other accountable statutory bodies (i) have been abolished or relocated from Stoke-on-Trent since 2010 and (ii) will be abolished in or relocated from Stoke-on-Trent by 2020.
Answered by Mike Penning
Within the Ministry of Justice, only the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) and HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) have offices within the Stoke-On-Trent postal address. There is one Juvenile Centre with a Stoke-On-Trent postal address, HMYOI Werrington. No posts have been abolished or relocated since 2010. There are currently no plans to abolish or relocate any posts by 2020. There are three National Probation Service (NPS) locations with a Stoke-on-Trent postal address. The NPS has only existed from 1 June 2014. Since that date there are no records of any posts being abolished or any relocation activity in the NPS Midlands Division which includes Stoke-on-Trent. There is an organisational change programme within the National Probation Service, that is ongoing and that will impact all area of NPS activity. It is too early to define the impact on a particular geographical location. HMCTS are unable to disaggregate information collected for the North Staffordshire area, so the following includes staff based within Stoke-on-Trent and Newcastle-under-Lyme. Since 2010, there has been a net reduction of 8 posts. There are currently no plans to further change the staffing in the North Staffordshire area.