Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions his Department has made appointments by exception since 2010; and who was appointed for each such post.

Information for number of appointments by exception in the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) and National Offender Management Service (NOMS) is set out in the table below.

Information for 2010/2011 is not available as this data was not collated centrally.

In line with the Data Protection Act, we are also unable to provide details of who was appointed to each post.

The Recruitment Principles explain the legal requirement that selection for appointment to the Civil Service must be on merit on the basis of fair and open competition. They also set out the circumstances in which appointments can be made as exceptions to this requirement; and describe the responsibilities of departments and agencies in meeting this requirement.

The Recruitment Principles 2014 came into operation on Monday 21 April 2014. The Recruitment Principles 2012 apply to appointments made before then.

The data provided refers to the Recruitment Principles 2012 which can be accessed at the following link: http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Recruitment-Principles-April-2012.pdf