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1700312

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Termination of Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff left his Department in each year since 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Solihull
	tabling member printed	Julian Knight
	uin	21087
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>The table below shows the headcount of leavers in the 12 month period to 31 December for each year since 2015.</p><p><strong>Headcount of leavers for MOJ (including HMPPS) in the 12 months to 31 December, from 2015 to 2023 </strong></p><p>Includes MOJ HQ, HMPPS, HMCTS, OPG, LAA, and CICA</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Headcount of Leavers</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12 months to 31 December 2023</p></td><td><p>11,303</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12 months to 31 December 2022</p></td><td><p>12,285</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12 months to 31 December 2021</p></td><td><p>10,488</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12 months to 31 December 2020</p></td><td><p>7184</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12 months to 31 December 2019</p></td><td><p>8456</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12 months to 31 December 2018</p></td><td><p>7360</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12 months to 31 December 2017</p></td><td><p>6432</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12 months to 31 December 2016</p></td><td><p>6927</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12 months to 31 December 2015</p></td><td><p>6329</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes</p><ol start="1"><li><p>Includes leavers from MoJ HQ, HMPPS, HMCTS, LAA, OPG, and CICA.</p></li></ol><ol start="2"><li><p>Internal transfers between HMPPS and the other MoJ agencies, and vice versa, will be included in these figures but all other internal transfers are excluded.</p></li></ol><ol start="3"><li><p>Number of leavers will be proportional to the size of the overall business, and therefore these figures should be considered within this context.</p></li></ol><ol start="4"><li><p>A number of calendar years within this period will have been affected by COVID-19.</p></li></ol> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 22/04/2024 16:02:28 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
	tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1698963

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	TV Licensing: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many single justice procedure notices have been issued by the Television Licensing Authority in each year since 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Solihull
	tabling member printed	Julian Knight
	uin	20668
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>The requirement to hold, and pay for, a television license is set out in the Communications Act 2003 and the Communications (Television Licensing) Regulations 2004. Under the Communications Act 2003, the BBC is responsible for the collection and enforcement of the TV licensing system.</p><p>The BBC prosecutes most TV license evasion cases using the Single Justice Procedure (SJP). The SJP is a more proportionate way of dealing with straightforward, uncontested, summary-only non-imprisonable offences which almost exclusively result in a financial penalty.</p><p>The data we hold shows the number of defendants prosecuted by the Television Licensing Authority and dealt with via SJP for TV license evasion cases each year since 2015. This can be found in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="10"><p><strong>Television Licence Evasion</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>2023</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Defendants dealt with</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>67,473</p></td><td><p>136,793</p></td><td><p>126,571</p></td><td><p>121,020</p></td><td><p>53,227</p></td><td><p>48,495</p></td><td><p>43,504</p></td><td><p>33,460</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 15/04/2024 11:30:49 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
	tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1679709

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Conveyancing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many conveyancers are registered with the Council for Licensed Conveyancers.
	tabling member constituency	Solihull
	tabling member printed	Julian Knight
	uin	8030
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>The latest figures provided by the Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC) on 8 January 2024 show that there are currently 1804 individual conveyancers who are registered with the CLC.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 15/01/2024 16:47:49 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
	tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1662877

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Magistrates: Labour Turnover
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of retention rates of magistrates.
	tabling member constituency	Solihull
	tabling member printed	Julian Knight
	uin	200731
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice actively monitors overall recruitment and attrition rates for the magistracy as part of the collation and publication of the Judicial Diversity Statistics. To preserve judicial independence, leadership of the magistracy is a matter for the judiciary. The Judicial Office conducts a leaving survey for those who are resigning from the magistracy, which it reviews annually.</p><p>Since 2019/ 2020, the number of leavers each year from the magistracy has decreased annually from a level of 1440 leavers in 2019/20 (10.9% of the magistracy) to 743 leavers in 2022/23 (5.6% of the magistracy). Since March 2022 797 magistrates over the age of 70 have also chosen to be reinstated following the increase of the judicial mandatory retirement age to 75.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 23/10/2023 16:14:45 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
	tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1663270

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much their Department spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-2023 financial year.
	tabling member constituency	Solihull
	tabling member printed	Julian Knight
	uin	201124
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>On 02 October, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced a value for money audit of all Equality, Diversity and Inclusion spending in the Civil Service.</p><p>The audit will dovetail with the public sector productivity review, aiming at delivering a leaner, more efficient government. The audit forms part of our drive to improve productivity across the public sector by driving down waste and improving performance.</p><p>The findings and actions of the audit will be announced by the Chancellor in the Autumn.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer grouped question UIN 202425 202426 202427 202428 202429 202430 202431 202432 202433 202434 202435 202436 202437 202438 202439 202440 202441 202442 202443 202444 202445 202446 202447 202448 202449 202450 202451 202452 202453 202454 202455 202456 202457 202458 question first answered 23/10/2023 15:54:38 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
	tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1663922

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Television Licences: Non-payment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department holds data on the number of cases of Television Licence evasion that were considered by magistrates' courts in each year between 2015 and 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Solihull
	tabling member printed	Julian Knight
	uin	201775
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice holds data on the number of prosecutions for television licence evasion in magistrates’ courts, covering the period requested up to December 2022, and this can be viewed in the following data tool:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1182044/magistrates-court-2022_v2.xlsx" target="_blank">Magistrates' court data tool: 2022</a>.</p><ul><li>Select ‘191A Television licence evasion’ in the Offence filter.</li></ul> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 23/10/2023 15:21:00 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1664572

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Academy for Social Justice: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much the Academy for Social Justice spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.
	tabling member constituency	Solihull
	tabling member printed	Julian Knight
	uin	202425
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>On 02 October, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced a value for money audit of all Equality, Diversity and Inclusion spending in the Civil Service.</p><p>The audit will dovetail with the public sector productivity review, aiming at delivering a leaner, more efficient government. The audit forms part of our drive to improve productivity across the public sector by driving down waste and improving performance.</p><p>The findings and actions of the audit will be announced by the Chancellor in the Autumn.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer grouped question UIN 201124 202426 202427 202428 202429 202430 202431 202432 202433 202434 202435 202436 202437 202438 202439 202440 202441 202442 202443 202444 202445 202446 202447 202448 202449 202450 202451 202452 202453 202454 202455 202456 202457 202458 question first answered 23/10/2023 15:54:38 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
	tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1664573

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Advisory Committees on Justices of the Peace: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much the Advisory Committees on Justices of the Peace spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.
	tabling member constituency	Solihull
	tabling member printed	Julian Knight
	uin	202426
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>On 02 October, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced a value for money audit of all Equality, Diversity and Inclusion spending in the Civil Service.</p><p>The audit will dovetail with the public sector productivity review, aiming at delivering a leaner, more efficient government. The audit forms part of our drive to improve productivity across the public sector by driving down waste and improving performance.</p><p>The findings and actions of the audit will be announced by the Chancellor in the Autumn.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer grouped question UIN 201124 202425 202427 202428 202429 202430 202431 202432 202433 202434 202435 202436 202437 202438 202439 202440 202441 202442 202443 202444 202445 202446 202447 202448 202449 202450 202451 202452 202453 202454 202455 202456 202457 202458 question first answered 23/10/2023 15:54:39 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
	tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1664574

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	CAFCASS: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much the Cafcass spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.
	tabling member constituency	Solihull
	tabling member printed	Julian Knight
	uin	202427
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>On 02 October, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced a value for money audit of all Equality, Diversity and Inclusion spending in the Civil Service.</p><p>The audit will dovetail with the public sector productivity review, aiming at delivering a leaner, more efficient government. The audit forms part of our drive to improve productivity across the public sector by driving down waste and improving performance.</p><p>The findings and actions of the audit will be announced by the Chancellor in the Autumn.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer grouped question UIN 201124 202425 202426 202428 202429 202430 202431 202432 202433 202434 202435 202436 202437 202438 202439 202440 202441 202442 202443 202444 202445 202446 202447 202448 202449 202450 202451 202452 202453 202454 202455 202456 202457 202458 question first answered 23/10/2023 15:54:39 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
	tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1664575

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Civil Justice Council: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much the Civil Justice Council spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.
	tabling member constituency	Solihull
	tabling member printed	Julian Knight
	uin	202428
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>On 02 October, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced a value for money audit of all Equality, Diversity and Inclusion spending in the Civil Service.</p><p>The audit will dovetail with the public sector productivity review, aiming at delivering a leaner, more efficient government. The audit forms part of our drive to improve productivity across the public sector by driving down waste and improving performance.</p><p>The findings and actions of the audit will be announced by the Chancellor in the Autumn.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer grouped question UIN 201124 202425 202426 202427 202429 202430 202431 202432 202433 202434 202435 202436 202437 202438 202439 202440 202441 202442 202443 202444 202445 202446 202447 202448 202449 202450 202451 202452 202453 202454 202455 202456 202457 202458 question first answered 23/10/2023 15:54:39 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
	tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight