Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many officials in his Department have been suspended from duty in each month since May 2010.
Information on the number of staff within the MoJ and NOMS who have been suspended from duty each month is set out in the tables below. Information prior to February 2011 is not available as this data was not recorded centrally.
Suspension is not a disciplinary sanction or a sign of guilt, but is used to progress an investigation smoothly or to protect the health and safety of those involved.
| 2011 | ||||||||||||
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total |
MoJ | N/A | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 35 |
NOMS | N/A | 26 | 25 | 18 | 33 | 20 | 38 | 32 | 26 | 23 | 21 | 25 | 287 |
| 2012 | ||||||||||||
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total |
MoJ | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 57 |
NOMS | 24 | 27 | 34 | 27 | 32 | 22 | 30 | 27 | 20 | 22 | 31 | 16 | 312 |
| 2013 | ||||||||||||
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total |
MoJ | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 58 |
NOMS | 23 | 27 | 38 | 23 | 21 | 26 | 19 | 27 | 24 | 34 | 31 | 23 | 316 |
| 2014 | ||||||||||||
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total |
MoJ | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 0 | N/A | N/A | 52 |
NOMS | 33 | 29 | 27 | 17 | 10 | 32 | 24 | 20 | 19 | 17 | N/A | N/A | 228 |