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Written question asked by Bob Spink (Independent (affiliation)) on Thursday, 25 March 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 30 March 2010. It was answered by Lord Wills (Labour) on Tuesday, 6 April 2010 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.

Departmental Pay

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 16 March 2010, Official Report, column 833W, on legal costs, how many employees have instigated legal proceedings against his Department in cases concerning remuneration in each month of the last three years.
Answer

Details of the number of employees instigating legal proceedings against the Ministry of Justice (excluding NOMS) are contained in the following table.

Number
2007-08
May 0
June 0
July 0
August 0
September 1
October 3
November 0
December 2
January 1
February ¹57
March 1
2008-09
April 2
May 1
June 0
July 0
August 0
September 0
October 0
November 0
December 1
January 2
February 0
March 0
2009-10
April 1
May 0
June 0
July 1
August 1
September 2
October 1
November ²34
December 0
January 1
¹ Including one Employment Tribunal claim with 54 claimants.
² Including one Employment Tribunal claim with 34 claimants.

The National Offender Management Service (NOMS) is an agency of the Ministry of Justice. It has not been possible to obtain information covering NOMS in answer to this question without incurring disproportionate cost.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
508 c1178W; 325258
Session
2009-10
Related items
Legal Costs
Tuesday, 16 March 2010
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Pay Ministry of Justice
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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