Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Ministry of Justice

Oral Answers to Questions

Nick Smith Excerpts
Tuesday 18th September 2012

(12 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lord Grayling Portrait Chris Grayling
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I assure my hon. Friend that I will do that. I do not believe that any ministerial team or Department has a monopoly of wisdom, and we will look for best practice and good ideas that will help us to deliver a better level of support to offenders so that they do not come back and reoffend. I particularly look forward to working with members of the Justice Committee. They will no doubt scrutinise our actions intensely, and I hope that we can have a constructive relationship.

Nick Smith Portrait Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent) (Lab)
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Further to his earlier answer, how will the Justice Secretary fill the £130 million black hole in the National Offender Management Service budget that has been highlighted today?

Lord Grayling Portrait Chris Grayling
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As I have said, I will not give a detailed accounting statement today, but I have looked at spending trends in the Department and I am satisfied that we are on course to meet our goals for the spending review period.