Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) full-time staff, (b) part-time staff, (c) temporary staff and (d) any other staff were employed directly by his Department on zero-hours contracts in each of the last eight years.
The table below shows the number of individuals working in MOJ and HMPPS who were placed on zero hours contracts over the specified time period. Currently those individuals on zero hours contracts within MOJ are scheduled court ushers who are working within HMCTS.
Snapshot date | Total | MOJ | HMPPS2 |
31/1/2017 | 21 | 21 | 0 |
31/12/2016 | 26 | 25 | 1 |
31/12/20151 | 30 | 27 | 3 |
31/01/2015 | 73 | 66 | 7 |
31/12/2013 | 120 | 120 | 0 |
31/12/2012 | 140 | 140 | 0 |
31/12/2011 | 172 | 172 | 0 |