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1287951

registered interest
date	22/02/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Social Security and Child Support Tribunal
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reasons the HM Courts and Tribunals Service workload weekly management information for SSCS Tribunals has not been published in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Alyn and Deeside
tabling member printed	Mark Tami
uin	156263
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2021 answer text <p>Following a move to a new operational system, new data extracts are under development to facilitate the production of Social Security and Child Support Tribunal datasets. These new datasets are currently undergoing stringent quality assurance checks before the data can be released into the public domain.</p><p> </p><p>Once this data assurance has been completed these datasets will be released in the Ministry of Justice Official Published Statistics and in the published Management Information as they become available.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 156264 question first answered 02/03/2021 14:45:31 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1383 label Biography information for Mark Tami

1287952

registered interest
date	22/02/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Social Security and Child Support Tribunal
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his Department plans to publish the HM Courts and Tribunals Service workload weekly management information for SSCS Tribunals for the period from December 2019 onwards.
tabling member constituency	Alyn and Deeside
tabling member printed	Mark Tami
uin	156264
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2021 answer text <p>Following a move to a new operational system, new data extracts are under development to facilitate the production of Social Security and Child Support Tribunal datasets. These new datasets are currently undergoing stringent quality assurance checks before the data can be released into the public domain.</p><p> </p><p>Once this data assurance has been completed these datasets will be released in the Ministry of Justice Official Published Statistics and in the published Management Information as they become available.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 156263 question first answered 02/03/2021 14:45:31 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1383 label Biography information for Mark Tami

1288060

registered interest
date	22/02/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Child Trust Fund: Learning Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 22 February 2021 to Question 153196, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of including parent and voluntary sector representation on the cross-government working group that has been established to look at the issues raised in relation to accessing matured Child Trust Funds (CTFs) in light of the Mental Capacity Act.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	156336
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2021 answer text <p>A cross-government working group has been convened to consider the issues raised in relation to access to matured Child Trust Funds for those who lack mental capacity. The group has representation from Her Majesty’s Treasury, Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, the Department for Work and Pensions and the Ministry of Justice. Learning Disability England and MENCAP are also engaged and providing valuable input to this work. We recognise that there are many individuals and advocacy groups who have an interest in this work, and we will ensure that we continue to engage with interested groups as proposals develop.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 02/03/2021 14:34:09 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1288090

registered interest
date	22/02/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Minister of State for Justice on 2 February 2021, Official Report, column 824, if he will publish his Department’s assessment of the impact on (a) recruitment, (b) retention, and (c) staff morale of the decision to reject the Prison Service Pay Review Body’s recommendation 3.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Rachel Hopkins
uin	156652
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2021 answer text <p>The 20/21 PSPRB report was received on 5 June 2020 and included a recommendation to uplift the pay of Band 3 prison staff on modernised terms and conditions by £3,000, ‘recommendation 3’. This represented a substantial increase for our largest staffing group and was ultimately not accepted by the government, on the basis of the exceptional costs associated with implementing the recommendation, the impact on the overall prison service pay structure, and the changing labour market conditions due to the exceptional economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Changes in the labour market as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the unpredictable changing state of the economy means that the assumptions made by the PSPRB upon which they based their recommendations have also changed. The decision to reject this recommendation was announced on 10 December 2020. Prison officers did however benefit from awards of between 2.5% and 7.5% for the current financial year (2020/21). This delivered an above inflation increase and is the third year in a row that prison staff have benefitted from an award of at least 2%.</p><p> </p><p>The estimated cost of recommendation 3 is £46.8m per year. This includes the cost required to apply the uplift to non-operational prison service colleagues paid within the same band. The total annual cost of recommendation 3 alone represents a higher cost than that of the entire proposals made by HMPPS for the 2020/21 pay round, so presented clear challenges to afforadbilty.</p><p> </p><p>Affordability considerations took into account value for money for the taxpayer, as well as competing funding priorities, such as key investments in prison safety and security, leadership and professionalisation, and staff wellbeing which all impact significantly upon staff.</p><p> </p><p>Prior to the decision to reject ‘recommendation 3’, the Ministry of Justice considered the possible impacts on recruitment, retention and morale of doing so. However, recruitment, retention and staff morale levels are all driven by a range of factors and an increase in pay alone cannot be assumed to be a fix for these issues. These issues are continually under review by the department, as fundamental issues in our policy. There are no plans to publish further analysis on recommendation 3.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently finalising the evidence to the Prison Service Pay Review Body for the 2021/22 pay round, in line with the pay policy set out by the Chancellor in November last year. This will be published and submitted to the PSPRB in due course.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 156653 156656 question first answered 25/02/2021 15:01:49 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4873 label Biography information for Rachel Hopkins

1288092

registered interest
date	22/02/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the oral Answer of the Minister of State on 2 February 2021, Official Report, column 824, what criteria his Department used to measure the (a) affordability and (b) value for money for the taxpayer of the Prison Service Pay Review Body’s recommendation 3.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Rachel Hopkins
uin	156653
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2021 answer text <p>The 20/21 PSPRB report was received on 5 June 2020 and included a recommendation to uplift the pay of Band 3 prison staff on modernised terms and conditions by £3,000, ‘recommendation 3’. This represented a substantial increase for our largest staffing group and was ultimately not accepted by the government, on the basis of the exceptional costs associated with implementing the recommendation, the impact on the overall prison service pay structure, and the changing labour market conditions due to the exceptional economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Changes in the labour market as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the unpredictable changing state of the economy means that the assumptions made by the PSPRB upon which they based their recommendations have also changed. The decision to reject this recommendation was announced on 10 December 2020. Prison officers did however benefit from awards of between 2.5% and 7.5% for the current financial year (2020/21). This delivered an above inflation increase and is the third year in a row that prison staff have benefitted from an award of at least 2%.</p><p> </p><p>The estimated cost of recommendation 3 is £46.8m per year. This includes the cost required to apply the uplift to non-operational prison service colleagues paid within the same band. The total annual cost of recommendation 3 alone represents a higher cost than that of the entire proposals made by HMPPS for the 2020/21 pay round, so presented clear challenges to afforadbilty.</p><p> </p><p>Affordability considerations took into account value for money for the taxpayer, as well as competing funding priorities, such as key investments in prison safety and security, leadership and professionalisation, and staff wellbeing which all impact significantly upon staff.</p><p> </p><p>Prior to the decision to reject ‘recommendation 3’, the Ministry of Justice considered the possible impacts on recruitment, retention and morale of doing so. However, recruitment, retention and staff morale levels are all driven by a range of factors and an increase in pay alone cannot be assumed to be a fix for these issues. These issues are continually under review by the department, as fundamental issues in our policy. There are no plans to publish further analysis on recommendation 3.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently finalising the evidence to the Prison Service Pay Review Body for the 2021/22 pay round, in line with the pay policy set out by the Chancellor in November last year. This will be published and submitted to the PSPRB in due course.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 156652 156656 question first answered 25/02/2021 15:01:49 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4873 label Biography information for Rachel Hopkins

1288093

registered interest
date	22/02/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to his oral Answer on 2 February 2021, Official Report, column 829, how many and what proportion of prison officers are planned to receive the £250 rise next year, by grade.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Rachel Hopkins
uin	156654
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2021 answer text <p>It was announced by the Chancellor on 25 November 2020 that, in the interest of fairness, pay rises in the public sector will be restrained and targeted for the coming year (2021/22), whilst also ensuring an uplift for lower earning staff who need it most. This announcement reflects the substantial and unprecedented impact of Covid-19 on the economy, labour market, and fiscal position, which combined, have supressed earnings growth and increased redundancies in the private sector.</p><p> </p><p>As such, the remit of the Prison Service Pay Review Body (PSPRB) and other public sector pay review bodies for the 2021/22 pay round has been restricted. The PSPRB will be gathering and considering a range of evidence in the usual way in order to develop recommendations which fall in line with the public sector pay policy</p><p> </p><p>The pay policy involves a pause to any headline uplifts for all public sector workforces outside of the NHS who earn £24,000 or above. Anyone earning less than £24,000 will be protected and will receive a minimum uplift of £250, or the National Living Wage (whichever is the higher) should they qualify. The Departments proposals on how the uplift should apply to prison staff will be published and submitted to the PSPRB shortly.</p><p> </p><p>The pay pause allows Government to protect public sector jobs and investment in public services as Covid-19 continues to have an impact. The position will be reassessed ahead of pay round 2022/23.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 156655 question first answered 25/02/2021 15:05:23 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4873 label Biography information for Rachel Hopkins

1288095

registered interest
date	22/02/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Service Pay Review Body
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to his oral Answer on 2 February 2021, Official Report, column 829, whether he has placed any restrictions on future recommendations by the Prison Service Pay Review Body; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Rachel Hopkins
uin	156655
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2021 answer text <p>It was announced by the Chancellor on 25 November 2020 that, in the interest of fairness, pay rises in the public sector will be restrained and targeted for the coming year (2021/22), whilst also ensuring an uplift for lower earning staff who need it most. This announcement reflects the substantial and unprecedented impact of Covid-19 on the economy, labour market, and fiscal position, which combined, have supressed earnings growth and increased redundancies in the private sector.</p><p> </p><p>As such, the remit of the Prison Service Pay Review Body (PSPRB) and other public sector pay review bodies for the 2021/22 pay round has been restricted. The PSPRB will be gathering and considering a range of evidence in the usual way in order to develop recommendations which fall in line with the public sector pay policy</p><p> </p><p>The pay policy involves a pause to any headline uplifts for all public sector workforces outside of the NHS who earn £24,000 or above. Anyone earning less than £24,000 will be protected and will receive a minimum uplift of £250, or the National Living Wage (whichever is the higher) should they qualify. The Departments proposals on how the uplift should apply to prison staff will be published and submitted to the PSPRB shortly.</p><p> </p><p>The pay pause allows Government to protect public sector jobs and investment in public services as Covid-19 continues to have an impact. The position will be reassessed ahead of pay round 2022/23.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 156654 question first answered 25/02/2021 15:05:23 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4873 label Biography information for Rachel Hopkins

1288096

registered interest
date	22/02/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to his oral Answer on 2 February 2021, Official Report, column 829, what effect his assessment of the times in which we live has had on the level of his support for the Prison Service Pay Review Body’s recommendation 3.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Rachel Hopkins
uin	156656
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2021 answer text <p>The 20/21 PSPRB report was received on 5 June 2020 and included a recommendation to uplift the pay of Band 3 prison staff on modernised terms and conditions by £3,000, ‘recommendation 3’. This represented a substantial increase for our largest staffing group and was ultimately not accepted by the government, on the basis of the exceptional costs associated with implementing the recommendation, the impact on the overall prison service pay structure, and the changing labour market conditions due to the exceptional economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Changes in the labour market as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the unpredictable changing state of the economy means that the assumptions made by the PSPRB upon which they based their recommendations have also changed. The decision to reject this recommendation was announced on 10 December 2020. Prison officers did however benefit from awards of between 2.5% and 7.5% for the current financial year (2020/21). This delivered an above inflation increase and is the third year in a row that prison staff have benefitted from an award of at least 2%.</p><p> </p><p>The estimated cost of recommendation 3 is £46.8m per year. This includes the cost required to apply the uplift to non-operational prison service colleagues paid within the same band. The total annual cost of recommendation 3 alone represents a higher cost than that of the entire proposals made by HMPPS for the 2020/21 pay round, so presented clear challenges to afforadbilty.</p><p> </p><p>Affordability considerations took into account value for money for the taxpayer, as well as competing funding priorities, such as key investments in prison safety and security, leadership and professionalisation, and staff wellbeing which all impact significantly upon staff.</p><p> </p><p>Prior to the decision to reject ‘recommendation 3’, the Ministry of Justice considered the possible impacts on recruitment, retention and morale of doing so. However, recruitment, retention and staff morale levels are all driven by a range of factors and an increase in pay alone cannot be assumed to be a fix for these issues. These issues are continually under review by the department, as fundamental issues in our policy. There are no plans to publish further analysis on recommendation 3.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently finalising the evidence to the Prison Service Pay Review Body for the 2021/22 pay round, in line with the pay policy set out by the Chancellor in November last year. This will be published and submitted to the PSPRB in due course.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 156652 156653 question first answered 25/02/2021 15:01:49 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4873 label Biography information for Rachel Hopkins

1288158

registered interest
date	22/02/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Lost Working Days
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average working days lost was for (a) female and (b) male civil servants in his Department in (i) 2019 and (ii) 2020.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Paula Barker
uin	156621
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2021 answer text <p>Average working days lost for 12 months to the end of December 2019 and 2020 by requested characteristics. Coverage: payroll staff within Ministry of Justice and executive agencies.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>PQ 156621</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>01 Jan to 31 Dec 2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>01 Jan to 31 Dec 2020<sup>p</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>9.3</p></td><td><p>8.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>8.7</p></td><td><p>7.4</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>PQ 156622</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>01 Jan to 31 Dec 2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>01 Jan to 31 Dec 2020<sup> p</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Black, Asian and minority Ethnic background</p></td><td><p>9.7</p></td><td><p>8.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>White</p></td><td><p>8.6</p></td><td><p>7.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Not known/Prefer not to say</p></td><td><p>10.0</p></td><td><p>8.2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>PQ 156623</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>01 Jan to 31 Dec 2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>01 Jan to 31 Dec 2020<sup> p</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Under 30</p></td><td><p>8.0</p></td><td><p>6.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30-49</p></td><td><p>8.2</p></td><td><p>7.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>50-59</p></td><td><p>10.3</p></td><td><p>8.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>60+</p></td><td><p>11.6</p></td><td><p>10.4</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>PQ 156624</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>01 Jan to 31 Dec 2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>01 Jan to 31 Dec 2020<sup> p</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Declared disabled</p></td><td><p>16.7</p></td><td><p>12.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Declared not disabled</p></td><td><p>7.9</p></td><td><p>6.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Not known/Prefer not to say</p></td><td><p>8.8</p></td><td><p>8.6</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The MoJ is committed to supporting the health and wellbeing of all of its employees, and to reducing sickness absence levels.</p><p> </p><p>(<sup>p</sup>) Figures relating to current financial year (April to December 2020) are provisional and may be subject to change in future.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 156622 156623 156624 question first answered 02/03/2021 14:50:19 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4828 label Biography information for Paula Barker

1288159

registered interest
date	22/02/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Lost Working Days
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average working days lost was for civil servants (a) from Black, Asian and minority Ethnic background and (b) recording themselves as White in his Department in (i) 2019 and (ii) 2020.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Paula Barker
uin	156622
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2021 answer text <p>Average working days lost for 12 months to the end of December 2019 and 2020 by requested characteristics. Coverage: payroll staff within Ministry of Justice and executive agencies.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>PQ 156621</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>01 Jan to 31 Dec 2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>01 Jan to 31 Dec 2020<sup>p</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>9.3</p></td><td><p>8.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>8.7</p></td><td><p>7.4</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>PQ 156622</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>01 Jan to 31 Dec 2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>01 Jan to 31 Dec 2020<sup> p</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Black, Asian and minority Ethnic background</p></td><td><p>9.7</p></td><td><p>8.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>White</p></td><td><p>8.6</p></td><td><p>7.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Not known/Prefer not to say</p></td><td><p>10.0</p></td><td><p>8.2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>PQ 156623</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>01 Jan to 31 Dec 2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>01 Jan to 31 Dec 2020<sup> p</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Under 30</p></td><td><p>8.0</p></td><td><p>6.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30-49</p></td><td><p>8.2</p></td><td><p>7.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>50-59</p></td><td><p>10.3</p></td><td><p>8.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>60+</p></td><td><p>11.6</p></td><td><p>10.4</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>PQ 156624</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>01 Jan to 31 Dec 2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>01 Jan to 31 Dec 2020<sup> p</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Declared disabled</p></td><td><p>16.7</p></td><td><p>12.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Declared not disabled</p></td><td><p>7.9</p></td><td><p>6.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Not known/Prefer not to say</p></td><td><p>8.8</p></td><td><p>8.6</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The MoJ is committed to supporting the health and wellbeing of all of its employees, and to reducing sickness absence levels.</p><p> </p><p>(<sup>p</sup>) Figures relating to current financial year (April to December 2020) are provisional and may be subject to change in future.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 156621 156623 156624 question first answered 02/03/2021 14:50:19 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4828 label Biography information for Paula Barker