Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of staff have been paid on time since the single operating system was introduced by the Shared Service Centre compared with the average of 12 months before that system was introduced.

For the 6-month period from July 2017 to December 2017, when the Ministry of Justice was receiving payroll on the Single Operating Platform (SOP), the percentage of staff paid on time was 99.97%. This figure is for the whole Ministry and includes payroll advances outside of pay day.

For the period January 2016 to December 2016 for HM Prison and Probation Service (Pre-SOP) the average proportion of staff paid, including those requiring a payroll advance outside of pay day, was 98.81%.

For the period January 2016 to December 2016 for Ministry of Justice, excluding HMPPS, (Pre-SOP) the average proportion of staff paid, including those requiring a payroll advance outside of pay day was 99.5%.