To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much the National Offender Management Service has spent on staff salaries in each financial year since its establishment. (277803)

Staff in NOMS were part of the Home Office from 2004-05 until the creation of the new Ministry of Justice in May 2007. Staff salary costs for the years in question were as follows:

Since October 2008, about a further 1,000 staff have returned from the Home Office to the new NOMS Agency, adding a further £19 million approximately to the paybill for the remainder of the 2008-09 financial year. This process is continuing as more Offender Management responsibilities return to the new NOMS Agency. Costs for 2008-09 will be included in the total NOMS Agency cost, figures for which will be available shortly.