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Written question asked by Mark Hoban (Conservative) on Tuesday, 4 March 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 6 March 2008. It was answered by Maria Eagle (Labour) on Tuesday, 11 March 2008 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.

Civil Service Appeal Board

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many and what percentage of appeals by employees of (a) his Department and (b) its agencies were (i) heard and (ii) upheld by the Civil Service Appeal Board in each of the last 10 years; how much was awarded in compensation by the Board to each successful appellant in each year; what the reason was for each compensation award; how many appellants were reinstated by the Board in each year; and what the reason was for each (A) dismissal and (B) reinstatement.
Answer

The ex-DCA does not hold the information centrally in the format requested. This could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. A system has recently been put in place to record the information, although not to the detail requested in this question.

August-December 2006 January-December 2007
Heard 5 13
Upheld 1 1
Percentage 20 8

For NOMS and OCJR, the information has only been collected centrally since 2005, in which time there have been no appeals. To obtain information prior to this could be done only at disproportionate cost.The Prison Service does not hold the information centrally, and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
192517; 473 c376W
Session
2007-08
Subjects
Ministry of Justice Civil Service Appeal Board
Link
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