Ministry of Justice: Stonewall

(asked on 9th November 2021) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 1 November 2021 to Question 61053 on Stonewall: Ministry of Justice, if he will make a comparative assessment of the accuracy of the figures cited for funding from his Department to Stonewall of (a) £6,460 paid to Stonewall in the financial years 2018-2019 and 2019-2021 included in that Answer and (b) £10,126.80 coded in an FOI answer from his Department, reference 210303018.


Answered by
James Cartlidge Portrait
James Cartlidge
Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
This question was answered on 16th November 2021

n the period covering the last five financial years the MOJ has paid the following sums to Stonewall:

2016-17 Financial Year (HR Services)

£354.00: MOJ conference attendance

2017-18 Financial Year (HR Services)

£3,000.00: MOJ Stonewall Diversity Champions Membership

£3,768.00: MOJ Role Models Cluster Programme

£358.80: MOJ conference attendance

2018-19 Financial Year (HR Services)

£3,000.00: MOJ Stonewall Diversity Champions Membership

2019-20 Financial Year

£3,000.00: MOJ Stonewall Diversity Champions Membership

£552.00: Office of the Public Guardian conference attendance

2020-21 Financial Year

£3,000.00: Stonewall Diversity Champions Membership

£837.60: Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service conference attendance

Total departmental spend across the last five financial years totals £17,870.40 with costs inclusive of VAT.

For financial years 2016-2017, 2017-2018 and 2018-2019 the spend outlined only covers MoJ Headquarters HR Services (People Group).

For the entire Ministry of Justice inclusive of its agencies 2019-20 and 2020-21 financial years this would include a spend search for MOJ HQ, National Offender Management Service, Office of the Public Guardian with a nil return for HMCTS, WLS, Independent Monitoring Authority, Probation Board, Legal Aid Agency, Judicial Appointments Committee, and Youth Justice Board. This does not include spend for Legal Services Board, Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service, Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority, Legal Ombudsman, Criminal Cases Review Commission and Gov Facility Services Limited.

Further information relating to spend from MoJ Agencies could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost.

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