Mark Hendrick – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Hendrick on 2015-12-03.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been made redundant by HM Courts and Tribunals Service since 31 May 2014; and what the cost to the public purse of such redundancies has been.

Mr Shailesh Vara

There have been no compulsory redundancies in HMCTS since 31 May 2014. There have been voluntary departures agreed in HMCTS, as detailed in the HMCTS Financial Statement of Accounts. Since 31 May 2014 there have been 231 voluntary departures at a combined cost of £8,696,728.