Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of cases of bullying and harassment that have been recorded against managers in his Department in each of the last five years.

The number of cases¹ of Ministry of Justice (MOJ) managers² facing conduct and discipline action³ for 'Bullying and Harrassment'⁴ for each of the years 2013/14 to 2017/18, is as follows:

1. A case is defined as a unique combination of case and individual member of staff. Where more than one member of staff is involved in a single case these are counted separately in this table. Equally staff involved in more than one case during the year are counted multiple times.
2. Managers defined as Civil Service Band B / SEO and above.
3. Conduct and discipline cases are defined as where a penalty has been imposed on a member of staff for a reason of conduct.
4. This includes 'Bullying and Harassment’ and ‘Abusive language/behaviour towards staff’ in data collected in HM Prison & Probation Service (HMPPS) and 'Offensive, abusive or repeated unwanted behaviour' in the remaining MOJ data.
5. The 2017/18 data is provisional for HMPPS.

Data includes MOJ and its Executive Agencies.

MoJ has an ongoing commitment to ensuring that staff are treated with dignity and respect and that concerns raised by staff are listened to and dealt with appropriately. MoJ has a zero-tolerance approach to all forms of harassment and bullying. Our grievance policy and guidance is published on our intranet and accessible to all staff. We have a network of anti-bullying and harassment advisors that provide peer support to staff. In addition, we have an Employee Assistance Programme that offers advice, support and counselling services to those who have experienced harassment and bullying.