Ministry of Justice: Incentives

(asked on 7th November 2023) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 16 October to Question 200250, how much of the £5,860,748 was spent on vouchers awarded to staff categorised in his Department's Workforce Management Information reports for 2022-23 as part of the headcount for his core ministerial department.


Answered by
Mike Freer Portrait
Mike Freer
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)
This question was answered on 15th November 2023

The original response for PQ 203779 mistakenly said that for the financial Year 2022-23, a total of £425,551 was made to the core ministerial department staff but upon review a total of £684,976 was made to the core ministerial department staff (which equates to a workforce of 7,221 as at June 2023). To confirm, for the Financial Year 2021-22, a total of £772,519 was made to the core ministerial department staff.

Of the £4,876,693 spent, the total amount of performance bonus vouchers in 2021-22 awarded to staff categorised in the Department's Workforce Management Information reports for that year as part of the headcount for his core ministerial department was £753,735. In addition to that figure, £18,534 was spent on physical gifts for staff and £250 was made in charitable donations.

Of the £5,860,748 spent on vouchers awarded to staff categorised in the Department's Workforce Management Information reports for 2022-23 as part of the headcount for his core ministerial department was £669,832. In addition to that figure, £14,984 was spent on physical gifts for staff and £160.00 was made in charitable donations.

The Ministry of Justice actively promotes the use of Reward and Recognition within the department, as an important way to recognise staff for their work and efforts, acknowledging the impact this also has on employee engagement and wellbeing across the department.

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