In the last 12 months my Ministry has not commissioned private contractors to carry out any consultations in their entirety. However, private contractors, including third sector organisations, have carried out certain aspects of a number of consultations for the Ministry of Justice. Details are in the following table.
Name of consultation(s) Name of private contractor What they have been commissioned to do Cost (£) MoJ Third Sector Strategy: Improving policies and securing better Public services through effective Partnerships (and NOMS Third Sector Strategy) Sand Resources Ltd 35 days’ consultancy work, contracted to draft MoJ consultation paper, help analyse responses and help produce final strategy paper. Also contracted to help analyse responses to NOMS Third Sector Action Plan and help develop final NOMS Action Plan 35,000 Draft Coroners Bill—reporting restriction provisions Opinion Leader Research One day workshop with stakeholders including representatives from the media and voluntary sectors and with coroners 6,830 NOMS Third Sector Strategy CLINKS (Third sector organisation) Run four Third Sector stakeholder events 20,000 NOMS Believing We Can CLINKS Run two Faith stakeholder events in the North West 10,000 NOMS Thirds Sector Strategy/Believing We Can Lincolnshire Action Trust (Third sector organisation) Run consultation events and develop third sector and faith alliances in the East Midlands 18,950 NOMS Thirds Sector Strategy/Believing We Can Futures Unlocked (Third sector organisation) Run consultation events and develop third sector and faith alliances in the East Midlands 19,010 Review of remuneration of Tribunals' Judiciary PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Advise the senior salaries review on remuneration of tribunals’ judiciary, which included job evaluation and consultation on behalf of SSRB 2185,841 1 Grant funding. 2 Please note that while this consultation was funded by the Ministry of Justice it was commissioned by the Office of Manpower Economics (OME). OME provides the secretariat for the Senior Salaries Review Body (SSRB).