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1645132

registered interest
date	15/06/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Access to Work Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether an Access to Work scheme has been implemented in their Department.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	189855
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2023 answer text <p>Access to Work is a demand-led, personalised discretionary grant, administered by the Department for Work and Pensions, which contributes to the disability-related extra costs of working faced by disabled people and those with a health condition in the workplace that are beyond standard reasonable adjustments. It does not replace an employer’s duty under the Equality Act 2010 to make reasonable adjustments.</p><p>In April 2022, all government departments, including the Ministry of Justice, took over responsibility for providing adjustments that would previously have been funded through Access to Work for civil servants working in their department.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice has not replicated the Access to Work Scheme but has increased the scope, volume and funding of its workplace adjustments provision for its staff, including an in-house workplace adjustment service. The department also provides adjustment support for candidates applying for roles based on their individual needs.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice provides individual focused support, with similar aims to those of the Department for Work and Pension`s Access to Work Scheme, which is dedicated to fully supporting our people by ensuring they have workplace adjustments they require.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 22/06/2023 08:50:46 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1626659

registered interest
date	10/05/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Holiday Leave
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications of the Employment Appeal Tribunal ruling in the 2017 case of Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council v Willetts & Ors for the calculation of holiday pay entitlement for staff in her Department; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	184429
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2023 answer text <p>The Ministry and its associated arm's length bodies have considered the impact of the judgement referred to. The calculation of holiday pay was subsequently applied to all forms of voluntary overtime and is still in payment across the department and its arm's length bodies.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 18/05/2023 14:43:20 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1588612

registered interest
date	23/02/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps they have taken in their Department to operate the Disability Confident employer scheme for those seeking a lateral transfer; and how many and what proportion of candidates who declared themselves as having a disability and who applied under that scheme where (a) interviewed and (b) laterally transferred in (i) 2021 and (ii) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	151326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2023 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice is a Disability Confident Scheme Leader and operates at Level 3; the highest level a department can be accredited at.</p><p> </p><p>As required under the Scheme, MoJ operate a Disability Confident Interview Scheme. Candidates with a disability have an option to opt-in and out of the scheme, which is in place for all advertised roles and applies to all candidates, including those internally in MoJ and Civil Service applying on lateral transfer or on promotion.</p><p> </p><p>Unfortunately, the MoJ does not currently analyse application data on Disability Confident candidates specifically applying for promotion and lateral transfer opportunities. In order to retrieve the data as requested, we would need to perform a matching process between monthly staff records and application data. The data covering the MoJ would be a substantial amount to review and would therefore exceed the appropriate cost limit.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer grouped question UIN 150539 question first answered 02/03/2023 17:24:16 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1588202

registered interest
date	22/02/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps they have taken to operate a disability confident scheme for those seeking promotion in their Department; and how many and what proportion of those candidates who declared themselves as having a disability and who applied under the scheme were (a) interviewed and (b) promoted in (i) 2021 and (ii) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	150539
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2023 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice is a Disability Confident Scheme Leader and operates at Level 3; the highest level a department can be accredited at.</p><p> </p><p>As required under the Scheme, MoJ operate a Disability Confident Interview Scheme. Candidates with a disability have an option to opt-in and out of the scheme, which is in place for all advertised roles and applies to all candidates, including those internally in MoJ and Civil Service applying on lateral transfer or on promotion.</p><p> </p><p>Unfortunately, the MoJ does not currently analyse application data on Disability Confident candidates specifically applying for promotion and lateral transfer opportunities. In order to retrieve the data as requested, we would need to perform a matching process between monthly staff records and application data. The data covering the MoJ would be a substantial amount to review and would therefore exceed the appropriate cost limit.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer grouped question UIN 151326 question first answered 02/03/2023 17:24:15 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1582289

registered interest
date	31/01/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Conditions of Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if they will take steps to (a) publish an equality impact assessment and (b) consult with trade unions when proposing new HR policies for their Department; and if they will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	136663
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2023 answer text <p>The MoJ consults with Trade Unions in accordance with best practice and adherence to employment legislation. Equality Impact Assessments are developed for MoJ policies and published internally.</p><p> </p><p>The MoJ has no legal or business reason to externally publish an equality impact assessment as this is not required to comply with the obligations set out in the Equality Act 2010.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 08/02/2023 12:32:35 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1581920

registered interest
date	30/01/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps their Department takes to comply with section 181 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992; and if they will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	135318
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2023 answer text <p>In order to comply with section 181 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992, the MoJ shares (where it is appropriate and in line with privacy statements) information with its recognised departmental trade unions on a regular basis through formal negotiation, meaningful consultation and engagement. This includes sharing general information as well as information requested during a specific engagement or consultation.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 07/02/2023 15:30:40 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1580719

registered interest
date	25/01/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Holiday Leave
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has notified staff to (a) tell or (b) remind them that they can sell annual leave in the last four months.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	132473
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2023 answer text <p>I can confirm that the Ministry of Justice’s buying/selling annual leave policy is available to all employees on the Intranet.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 02/02/2023 09:23:52 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1579641

registered interest
date	23/01/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of employees in their Department are paid at the rate of the National Minimum Wage.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	129901
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2023 answer text <p>I can confirm that all Ministry of Justice employees are currently paid above the rate of National Minimum Wage.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 30/01/2023 13:59:06 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1569018

registered interest
date	20/01/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure his Department complies with section 2.1.6 of the Civil Service Management Code; and whether that monitoring data gathered is shared with union representatives.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	128664
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2023 answer text <p>People related data is fundamental to monitoring the effectiveness of our policies and making people related decisions. The MoJ is a data-driven department and our workforce data is collated through a number of different mechanisms including from our HR System (SOP), our recruitment system (Oleeo) and the annual People Survey.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice collects data on age, gender, ethnic origin and disability as part of the application process. This diversity data is analysed quarterly to produce internal reporting on the outcomes of the recruitment process for each group. Data on gender, ethnic origin and disability for HMPPS recruitment outcomes are published externally every six months in the HM Prison and Probation Service workforce quarterly.</p><p>We collect protected characteristic diversity data from staff on our HR system.  Using this we produce a variety of internal management information that we use within MoJ to monitor fairness of processes.</p><p>This data is routinely shared across MoJ to help inform tactical, operational and strategic people related decision and to monitor and evaluate our policies and the decisions that have been made.</p><p>In England, in addition to the general duty, all public bodies have specific duties to publish annual equality information and prepare and publish equality objectives at least every four years, which the Ministry of Justice makes available in the public domain.</p><p>To comply with the specific duties of the Equality Act (PSED, 2010), MoJ staff in post diversity information is published in the annual Civil Service Statistics data tables. Key staff diversity figures are also included in the MoJ Annual Report and Accounts (ARA).</p><p>MoJ shares data (referenced in 2.1.6 of the Civil Service Management Code) with its recognised Trade Unions as part of regular engagement and statutory obligations</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 30/01/2023 13:54:57 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1568617

registered interest
date	19/01/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Trade Unions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what human resources information their Department shares with trade unions on a regular basis.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	127800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2023 answer text <p>The MoJ shares Human Resources information related to:</p><ul><li><p>Contractual terms and conditions of employment</p></li><li><p>Working practices and proposed changes to the way the MoJ is structured or operates</p></li><li><p>Workforce data</p></li><li><p>Information required to comply with statutory requirements</p></li></ul><p> </p><p>This information is shared with the MoJ departmental trade unions on a regular basis as part of ongoing engagement. There is also a range of HR information published on GOV.UK which is publicly available and an MoJ data portal with further information.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 30/01/2023 13:53:05 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens