Asked by: John McDonnell (Labour - Hayes and Harlington)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to Procurement Policy Note 04/20: Recovery and Transition from COVID-19, published on 9 June 2020, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of maintaining the provision of contractual relief as a result of covid-19 in line with Procurement Policy Notice 02/20; which (a) companies and (b) work areas will be affected by changes to that contractual relief; and what the timeframe is for proposals to change that contractual relief.
Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)
The Ministry of Justice has reviewed Procurement Policy Note 04/20 and maintenance of the provisions within that will continue to be provided as appropriate and on a case by case basis. We will continue to monitor the suppliers currently in receipt of the relief under the measures and we are working with them on individual transition plans to move out of the relief period by the end of October as set out in the Policy Note.
The Department is working closely with suppliers that are not currently in receipt of any relief measures to provide support and avoid them getting into any financial difficulty.
The Department considers the identity and category of those suppliers in receipt of the relief measure to be commercially sensitive information.
Asked by: John McDonnell (Labour - Hayes and Harlington)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the pay (a) minimum and (b) maximum is for each civil service grade in his Department below the Senior Civil Service (i) inside and (ii) outside the London area.
Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)
We have provided pay information for the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) and for Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS).
MoJ
The 2019 MoJ pay award was effective from 1 August 2019.
The employee groups covered in this pay award include staff directly employed by the MoJ in Band A – F (Civil Service equivalent G6 – AA) in MoJ Headquarters, Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS), Legal Aid Agency (LAA), Office of the Public Guardian (OPG), and Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA).
Pay information:
Grade | Min. Salary | Max. Salary | Min. Salary | Max. Salary |
AA (MoJ Band F) | £17,988 | £20,599 | £16,680 | £17,777 |
AO (MoJ Band E) | £21,298 | £25,009 | £18,884 | £22,101 |
EO (MoJ Band D) | £24,436 | £31,202 | £21,170 | £27,678 |
HEO (MoJ Band C) | £28,597 | £38,373 | £24,002 | £34,105 |
SEO (MoJ Band B) | £34,818 | £47,591 | £30,989 | £41,095 |
MoJ Band A | £48,354 | £71,411 | £43,958 | £63,831 |
Grade 7 | £48,354 | £63,500 | £43,958 | £59,000 |
Grade 6 | £56,421 | £76,000 | £52,119 | £72,000 |
HMPPS
The 2019 HMPPS pay review was effective from 1st April 2019 for staff in Public Sector Prisons/Prisons HQ and also for staff in the National Probation Service (NPS).
The employee groups covered in the pay award include:
Treasury Equivalent | F&S Equivalent | Closed Grade (Pre-F&S) Name Equivalent (Summarised) |
AA | Band 1** | Support Band 2 Cleaner |
Band 2 | AA | |
AO | Band 3 | AO Personal Secretary |
EO | Band 4 | EO Senior Personal Secretary |
HEO | Band 5 | Manager G |
Band 6 | ||
SEO | Band 7 | Manager F |
Band 8 | Manager E | |
Grade 7 | Band 9 | Senior Manager D |
Grade 6 | Band 10 | Senior Manager C |
N/A | Band 11 | Senior Manager A |
Senior Manager B |
HMPPS Fair & Sustainable (F&S) pay structures
Due to the complex and diverse workforce in prisons, roles are assessed under the Job Evaluation Scheme (JES) and linked to a specific Band within the pay structures. Please the below grade equivalency details:
Band | Min of National | Max of National | Min of Outer London | Max of Outer London | Min of Inner London | Max of Inner London |
Band 1 |
| £15,857 |
| £18,516 |
| £19,903 |
Band 2 |
| £17,175 |
| £19,834 |
| £21221 |
Band 3 | £19,054 | £21,183 | £21,448 | £23,842 | £22,695 | £25,229 |
Band 4 | £24,018 | £26,713 | £26,410 | £29,372 | £27,658 | £30,759 |
Band 5 | £27,021 | £28,349 | £29,385 | £33,074 | £30,618 | 24,461 |
Band 6 | £31,145 | £35,819 | £33,458 | £38,477 | £34,662 | £39,864 |
Band 7 | £37,218 | £42,800 | £39,531 | £45,459 | £40,737 | £46,846 |
Band 8 | £41,586 | £49,906 | £43,802 | £52,565 | £44,958 | £53,952 |
Band 9 | £53,267 | £63,920 | £55,483 | £66,579 | £56,639 | £67,966 |
Band 10 | £58,636 | £70,367 | £60,852 | £73,026 | £62,008 | £74,413 |
Band 11 | £66,328 | £79,594 | £68,544 | £82,253 | £69,700 | £83,640 |
HMPPS closed world structures
Under the closed world structures there was a no zonal pay but a National rate of pay with specific sites receiving a Local Pay Allowance (LPA).
Grade | Minimum | Maximum |
Senior Manager A | £68,189 | £87,274 |
Senior Manager B | £64,205 | £84,712 |
Senior Manager C | £59,931 | £76,290 |
Senior Manager D | £49,742 | £65,907 |
Manager E | £35,098 | £48,458 |
Manager F | £31,255 | £41,106 |
Manager G | £26,433 | £33,839 |
Executive Officer | £23,349 | £27,394 |
Senior Personal Secretary | £23,349 | £26,597 |
Administrative Officer | £16,639 | £22,674 |
Personal Secretary | £17,091 | £22,674 |
Administrative Assistant | £15,489 | £16,262 |
Asked by: John McDonnell (Labour - Hayes and Harlington)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost is of the development and rollout of the new NOMS IT system.
Answered by Andrew Selous - Second Church Estates Commissioner
The programme to develop and roll out the new NOMS IT system was forecast to cost £35m. The new system is expected to reduce IT costs thanks to efficiency savings.
Asked by: John McDonnell (Labour - Hayes and Harlington)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects the rollout of the new NOMS IT system to be completed; and what estimate he has made of the final cost of the contract.
Answered by Shailesh Vara
The roll-out of the new NOMS IT system is scheduled to be completed in 2016. The final cost of the roll-out of the new system is estimated to be within the original budget.
Asked by: John McDonnell (Labour - Hayes and Harlington)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what additional cost was incurred to the new NOMS IT system by the postponement of the rollout of the programme nationally in March 2015.
Answered by Caroline Dinenage
There were no additional costs to the taxpayer.