Speeches

Jonathan Ashworth – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Ashworth on 2016-04-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of officials of his Department resigned in each of the last six years.

Mike Penning

The table below sets out a) the number of and b) proportion of Ministry of Justice staff who have resigned over the past six years.

Calendar Year

Total No. Of Resignations

Proportion

2010

2128

3%

2011

1942

3%

2012

1788

3%

2013

1784

3%

2014

2213

3%

2015

2517

4%

The information includes staff within Ministry of Justice Headquarters, National Offender Management Service, Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunal Service, Office of the Public Guardian and Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority. Scotland Office and Wales Office staff are in scope for the years 2010-2011, UK Supreme Court staff are in scope for the years 2011-2012 and staff within the Legal Aid Agency are included from 2013.