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| Nationally contracted suppliers( 1) , 2007-08 | |
| Supplier name | £ |
| (1) Contracts that did not expire in financial year 2007-08 are marked with an asterix. | |
| Ad-hoc suppliers, 2007-08 | |
| Supplier name | £ |
Nationally contracted suppliers
No separate national drink contracts existed in 2007-08 as they were encompassed within other national contracts.
| Ad-hoc suppliers, 2007-08 | |
| Supplier name | £ |
Departmental Marketing
Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much has been spent by his Department on advertising in the last 12 months. [243715]
Mr. Straw: Since Ministry of Justice was created in May 2007 and to end March 2008 the total figure for spend on advertising was £6.3 million. Figures are available only on a full financial year basis and it is not possible to provide accurate data for December 2007 to December 2008.
A breakdown of these figures is given in the answer to the right hon. Member for Devizes (Mr. Ancram) on 26 November 2008, Official Report, column 1671W. Approximately £6 million of the total £6.3 million was spent on recruitment advertising, principally by Her Majesty's Prison Service.
Departmental Sick Leave
Norman Lamb: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many staff in his Department or its predecessors were on sick leave for (a) over 30 days, (b) over 50 days and (c) over 100 days in each of the last five years; [256331]
(2) what the average number of days sick leave per staff member in his Department and its predecessors was in each of the last five years; [256386]
(3) were recorded as having been on sick leave for over 12 months on 31 December in each year since his Department was established; [256642]
Mr. Straw: For the year 2007-08 the average number of days of sick absence per person in the Ministry of Justice was 10.4 days.
Due to a machinery of government change the Ministry of Justice was created in May 2007. The figures for its predecessor the Department for Constitutional Affairs are contained in the following table.
| Department for Constitutional Affairs sickness absence rate | |||
| Working days lost | Average staff in post | Working days lost per person | |
Absence data for 2003 to 2007 for the Prison Service and National Offender Management Service headquarters are contained in the following table.
| Prison Service sickness absence rates | |||
| Working days lost | Average staff in post | Working days lost per person | |
While the MoJ does monitor long term sickness absence it does not record it centrally in these categories and to obtain this information would incur disproportionate cost.
Dovegate Prison: Fines
Dr. Vis: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what financial penalties the operators of Dovegate prison have incurred in respect of failures to meet contractual obligations in each year since it opened; and in each case (a) what penalty was imposed, (b) when it was imposed and (c) what action was taken to remedy the breach. [257467]
Mr. Hanson: There is a mechanism contained within the Dovegate contract that allows the authority to recover the cost of services which have not been provided but have been agreed by the parties under the terms of contract.
The financial deduction is dealt with under a “performance measure” that means events or circumstances in respect of which there may be a reduction in the amount payable to the contractor. If the contractor fails to achieve the required and previously agreed output then “performance points” are levied. Fines are not imposed on the contractor. Performance points have a financial value which is a pre-estimated loss (between authority and contractor) of services not provided. Any claim for services not provided is deducted from the monthly operating fee invoice.
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