Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many employees of (a) his Department, (b) its executive agencies and (c) non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible had an annual salary of over £100,000 in each year since 2010.
The number of employees in the Ministry of Justice and its agencies (Ministry of Justice HQ, HM Courts and Tribunals Service, Office of the Public Guardian and Legal Aid Agency) that earned a full-time equivalent (FTE) salary of over £100,000 in each year since 2010 is as follows
Date | Number of employees earning FTE salary in excess of £100,000 |
2011 | 38 |
2012 | 31 |
2013 | 24 |
2014 | 29 |
2015 | 30 |
This information is based on payroll reports from 31 January of each year requested, as payroll reports reflect the end of month position and is the nearest date to 1 February.
On 1 February 2015, 11 NOMS staff were earning in excess of £100,000.
The Legal Aid Agency became an Executive Agency of the Ministry of Justice on 1 April 2013. Staff in Legal Aid Agency would not have been included in the previous years.