Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference the 7,070 total headcount figure for permanent civil servants excluding agency workers working for his Department as of 31 March 2023, as detailed in Cabinet Office statistics entitled Permanent and temporary civil servants by sex, age band and department: 2023, published on 31 October 2023, what that figure was on 31 March (a) 2011, (b) 2016 and (c) 2020.

Headcount of Permanent and Temporary Civil Servants in Ministry of Justice (MOJ) HQ as at 31 March 2023, 2020, 2016 and 2011.

On Strength Payroll Staff Only

Notes
1. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 5 to align with published statistics.

2. Workforce numbers cannot be directly compared across the timepoints provided due to the significant structural changes that have occurred in Ministry of Justice (MOJ) HQ over this time period.

3. Overall headcount figures for 2011 and 2016 may differ from published figures. This is partly due to individuals on secondment being included as part of the overall headcount figures in published statistics for 2011 and 2016. Individuals on secondment have been excluded from the figures provided here to ensure consistency with the other time points presented in the table.

4. Additionally, the published figures from 2011 used a different methodology to identify individuals who have left MOJ than was used in previous years. This leavers methodology has been used to calculate the 2011 figures provided here for consistency with the published figures but will differ slightly from the method used in the remainder of the table.

5. Temporary civil servants are those on fixed term contracts of less than 12 months.