Departmental Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 16 March 2010, Official Report, column 833W, on legal costs, how many employees have instigated legal proceedings against his Department in cases concerning remuneration in each month of the last three years. (325258)

Details of the number of employees instigating legal proceedings against the Ministry of Justice (excluding NOMS) are contained in the following table.

	Number
2007-08
May	0
June	0
July	0
August	0
September	1
October	3
November	0
December	2
January	1
February	¹57
March	1

2008-09
April	2
May	1
June	0
July	0
August	0
September	0
October	0
November	0
December	1
January	2
February	0
March	0

2009-10
April	1
May	0
June	0
July	1
August	1
September	2
October	1
November	²34
December	0
January	1
¹ Including one Employment Tribunal claim with 54 claimants. ² Including one Employment Tribunal claim with 34 claimants.

The National Offender Management Service (NOMS) is an agency of the Ministry of Justice. It has not been possible to obtain information covering NOMS in answer to this question without incurring disproportionate cost.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 16 March 2010, Official Report, column 833W, on legal costs, in how many cases concerning remuneration of employees the final ruling was (a) in favour of and (b) against his Department in each month of the last three years. (325259)

In the core Ministry of Justice (excluding NOMS) none of the cases whose legal costs or compensation values reported in my answer of 16 March were subject to a final ruling.

All cases were either withdrawn by the claimants or where applicable, settlement was agreed by the Ministry in advance of a ruling.

The National Offender Management Service (NOMS) is an Agency of the Ministry of Justice. It has not been possible to obtain information covering NOMS in answer to this question without incurring disproportionate cost.

Volume 508: debated on Tuesday 6 April 2010