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<p>Currently, there are five employees equating to 4.0 Full Time Equivalent (FTE)
working within the Ministry of Justice team dedicated to coordinating work on ethnic
and racial disparity in the criminal justice system (MoJ’s CJS Race Disparity Team).</p><p>
</p><p>When first established in September 2017 the team had 1.5 FTE staff. This increased
to 3.5 FTE by January 2018, coinciding with the establishment of the Race and Ethnicity
Board (which oversees the implementation of the Lammy Review recommendations and work
on tackling race disparity).</p><p> </p><p>The team does not have any dedicated budget
(beyond for staffing costs), since work is resourced separately by the various business
areas of Ministry of Justice and partner organisations responsible for actions to
address racial disparities. Staff costs have been met within existing MOJ budgets.</p><p>
</p><p>Beyond this team, it is the responsibility of all policy and operational areas
to consider equalities in their work. There are other teams beyond the team asked
about which have a focus on tackling racial disparity, including a dedicated youth
justice disproportionality team and HM Prison and Probation Service’s equalities team.</p>
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