To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much has been spent by the Office for Criminal Justice Reform on (a) agency and (b) temporary staff in each financial year since its inception. (259773)

The Office for Criminal Justice Reform (OCJR) was established in July 2004 as a trilateral organisation reporting to the Home Secretary, the Attorney-General and the Lord Chancellor. It transferred to the Ministry of Justice when it was established on 9 May 2007.

OCJR’s spend on agency and temporary staff in each year since 2004-05 is shown in the following table. It is not possible to separate agency from temporary staff.