Mr. Hoban:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the cost of overtime payments paid to staff in his Department was in each of the last 12 months, broken down by pay grade. [221298]
Mr. Wills:
The 24 hour, seven days a week operational nature of the Ministry’s work in various sectors of the justice service necessitates a large number of our staff to regularly provide out of hours work. This flexible additional work is required in order to better protect the public and meet the needs of a modern service.
In line with good practice guidelines overtime is paid only with prior management authority to carry out specific work, which cannot be done within normal working hours. The majority of overtime paid in the Ministry of Justice relates to work done in Her Majesty’s Prison Service. Within Her Majesty’s Court Service examples of such work include provision of out of hours legal advice to judges on issues such as Emergency Protection Orders or Extradition matters, or the provision of Saturday court sittings. The Ministry of Justice is also responsible for overtime payments made to probation staff in the National Offender Management Service.
The following table shows the overtime payments to staff within the Ministry of Justice broken down by month from July 2007 to August 2008.
Total overtime costs
Area of Ministry of Justice
£
July 2007
Former Department for Constitutional Affairs agencies and associated offices
(1)—
National Offender Management Service and Office for Criminal Justice Reform
31,876.28
Her Majesty’s Prisons Service
906,672.93
Total overtime costs
938,549.21
August 2007
Former Department for Constitutional Affairs agencies and associated offices
(1)—
National Offender Management Service and Office for Criminal Justice Reform
16,104.67
Her Majesty’s Prisons Service
1,324,897.48
Total overtime costs
1,341,002.15
September 2007
Former Department for Constitutional Affairs agencies and associated offices
413,339.04
National Offender Management Service and Office for Criminal Justice Reform
19,722.17
Her Majesty’s Prisons Service
949,660.93
Total overtime costs
1,382,722.14
October 2007
Former Department for Constitutional Affairs agencies and associated offices
531,030.82
National Offender Management Service and Office for Criminal Justice Reform
28,146.40
Her Majesty’s Prisons Service
826,973.12
Total overtime costs
1,386,150.34
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November 2007
Former Department for Constitutional Affairs agencies and associated offices
700,991.79
National Offender Management Service and Office for Criminal Justice Reform
17,890.91
Her Majesty’s Prisons Service
1,226,404.48
Total overtime costs
1,945,287.18
December 2007
Former Department for Constitutional Affairs agencies and associated offices
650,574.97
National Offender Management Service and Office for Criminal Justice Reform
25,758.91
Her Majesty’s Prisons Service
702,118.36
Total overtime costs
1,378,452.24
January 2008
Former Department for Constitutional Affairs agencies and associated offices
643,558.45
National Offender Management Service and Office for Criminal Justice Reform
19,050.76
Her Majesty’s Prisons Service
962,208.19
Total overtime costs
1,624,817.40
February 2008
Former Department for Constitutional Affairs agencies and associated offices
834,554.36
National Offender Management Service and Office for Criminal Justice Reform
27,367.16
Her Majesty’s Prisons Service
891,539.35
Total overtime costs
1,753,460.87
March 2008
Former Department for Constitutional Affairs agencies and associated offices
782,040.82
National Offender Management Service and Office for Criminal Justice Reform
26,682.83
Her Majesty’s Prisons Service
912,752.52
Total overtime costs
1,721,476.17
April 2008
Former Department for Constitutional Affairs agencies and associated offices
1,025,311.68
National Offender Management Service and Office for Criminal Justice Reform
47,924.58
Her Majesty’s Prisons Service
969,909.44
Total overtime costs
2,043,145.70
May 2008
Former Department for Constitutional Affairs agencies and associated offices
707,760.34
National Offender Management Service and Office for Criminal Justice Reform
26,259.54
Her Majesty’s Prisons Service
971,016.57
Total overtime costs
1,705,036.45
June 2008
Former Department for Constitutional Affairs agencies and associated offices
694,089.43
National Offender Management Service and Office for Criminal Justice Reform
26,186.03
Her Majesty’s Prisons Service
959,315.12
Total overtime costs
1,679,590.58
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July 2008
Former Department for Constitutional Affairs agencies and associated offices
765,693.44
National Offender Management Service and Office for Criminal Justice Reform
n/a
Her Majesty’s Prisons Service
n/a
Total overtime costs
765,693.44
August 2008
Former Department for Constitutional Affairs agencies and associated offices
649,501.42
National Offender Management Service and Office for Criminal Justice Reform
n/a
Her Majesty’s Prisons Service
n/a
Total Overtime Costs
649,501.42
(1) The information requested could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Departmental Pay
David Simpson:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many non-pensionable bonuses were awarded to members of staff in his Department in the last 12 months; and at what total cost. [226424]
Mr. Wills:
Bonus payments in the Ministry of Justice may be either ‘Year-end’ bonuses, paid to high performing staff to reflect their individual contribution during the previous performance year or ‘In year’ bonuses may be paid to staff to recognise exceptional contribution during the performance year. During the financial year 2007-08 2,535 end of year bonuses and 5,327 in year bonuses were paid.
The cost of bonus payments made during the financial year 2007-08 was £4,559,454. This includes Employer’s National Insurance contributions at 9 per cent. Bonus payments are non pensionable and therefore are not subject to Employer’s Pension Contributions.
Departmental Public Participation
Mrs. May:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many citizens’ juries his Department has held since 1 July 2007; what the cost was of each; what issues were discussed at each event; and how many (a) Ministers and (b) members of the public attended each event. [227480]
Mr. Wills:
The Ministry of Justice has not held any citizens’ juries since 1 July 2007.
Driving Offences
Mrs. Villiers:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people have been prosecuted for driving without insurance in (a) Wales and (b) each region of England in (i) each of the last 10 years and (ii) 2008. [227073]
Maria Eagle:
Available information on magistrates courts proceedings for the offence of ‘use of a motor vehicle uninsured against third party risks’ from 1997 to end 2006 (latest available) is contained in the following table. Data for 2007 will be available later this year; while 2008 data will be available later in 2009.
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From 1 June 2003, the offence of ‘use of a motor vehicle uninsured against third party risks’ became a fixed penalty offence. The table does not include fixed penalty notices issued and paid where there is no further 20 Oct 2008 : Column 44W
action for the offence but may include cases where fixed penalty notices were issued but not paid and subsequently referred to court.
Proceedings at magistrates courts for ‘using a motor vehicle uninsured against third party risks’( 1) , by GOR, 1997 to 2006
Number of offences
Government office region
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003( 2)
2004
2005
2006
Wales
26,864
27,969
26,976
26,064
24,892
28,371
30,077
27,686
22,696
22,363
North East
20,387
20,302
23,526
23,458
22,687
24,143
24,328
23,582
20,793
17,645
North West
70,946
68,125
69,331
71,427
71,405
73,557
82,086
73,991
66,415
56,686
Yorkshire and the Humber
43,542
43,125
46,436
48,148
50,516
46,536
49,994
53,055
46,618
40,303
East Midlands
32,937
33,193
35,047
31,778
29,871
29,226
36,361
38,808
30,618
25,359
West Midlands
49,456
51,114
46,403
48,746
45,028
50,955
55,114
58,544
52,623
46,880
East
27,095
27,875
26,278
27,553
29,550
32,351
35,177
33,051
31,666
30,464
London
44,954
38,191
33,806
31,387
33,858
38,838
45,663
50,618
48,722
47,707
South East
44,865
42,573
43,098
44,145
43,584
45,780
45,388
41,641
36,732
34,259
South West
36,087
37,607
36,518
38,953
36,907
40,641
43,079
40,843
35,880
31,815
(1) An offence under the Road Traffic Act 1988 s.143(2). (2) As from 1 June 2003, ‘driving a motor vehicle while uninsured against third party risks’ became a fixed penalty offence. Notes:
1. It is known that for some police force areas, the reporting of court proceedings in particular those relating to summary motoring offences may be less than complete.
2. Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their limitations are taken into account when those data are used.
