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Written question asked by Rachel Reeves (Labour) on Wednesday, 13 June 2012, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 18 June 2012. It was answered by Lord Clarke of Nottingham (Conservative) on Tuesday, 19 June 2012 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.

Efficiency and Reform Group

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many staff were assigned to (a) the Reward, Efficiency and Reform Group and (b) regional pay issues in (i) 2010-11 and (ii) 2011-12; and how many he expects to be assigned for such purposes in each of the next three years.

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Answer

The information is as follows:

(a) There is not a Reward, Efficiency and Reform Group in the Ministry of Justice or its agencies. Cabinet Office formed an Efficiency and Reform Group in May 2010. In October 2011 one Ministry of Justice employee was loaned to the Cabinet Office to work within this group specifically on reward issues including regional pay. It is currently expected that the loan period for this employee will end in April 2013.

(b) Within the Ministry of Justice and its agencies there are two reward policy teams, one in Ministry of Justice and one in the National Offender Management Service (NOMS), which have responsibility for a wide range of reward and related policy issues including regional pay matters. There is however no member of staff assigned specifically to regional pay issues. The staff numbers requested for the two reward policy teams are as follows:

Ministry of Justice (excluding NOMS)

(i) 2010-11: 11

(ii) 2011-12: 15 (team increased to incorporate a programme team working on future reward strategy) but has since reduced to 12. The team is expected to further reduce to five in 2012-13 with no further changes expected within the next three years

National Offender Management Service (NOMS)

(i) 2010-11: 11

(ii) 2011-12: Nine further reduced to seven in April 2012. There are no plans to further vary the size of the team.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
112623; 546 cc916-7W
Session
2012-13
Subjects
Pay JUSTICE Efficiency and Reform Group
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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