Ministry of Justice: Bullying
(asked on 18th February 2019) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of (a) disabled and (b) all other staff in his Department reported experiencing bullying or harassment at work in the most recent Civil Service People Survey.
Bullying and harassment has no place in any workplace, including the Civil Service. In our most recent People Survey 11% of respondents, on average, told us that they'd experienced bullying or harassment at work in the 12 months preceding the survey.
While this figure has remained stable since 2016, we recognise that some staff are more like to say they have experienced this type of unacceptable behaviour than others. This includes those with long-term limiting conditions who, in the vast majority of departments and agencies, were more likely to say they'd been bullied or harassed in the last 12 months than staff members with no long-term limiting conditions.
We are strengthening the routes for all staff to report bullying and harassment to ensure that they are fully supported throughout the process, and to ensure cultures are positive and inclusive.
The high level People Survey results for each organisation, including reported rates of bullying and harassment, were published last December on gov.uk.
Each spring the Cabinet Office conducts and publishes a range of further analysis on the People Survey responses, including the results by gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation and health status. Similar analysis will be conducted again this year and made available on gov.uk.
The results for the 2017 survey are summarised below with the organisations that make up the MoJ highlighted. A copy of this table has been placed in the House.
Civil Service People Survey 2017: results by organisation and health status
Long-term health status is captured in the People Survey through questions J04 and J04A. J04 asks if the individual has a "long-standing physical or mental health condition, illness, impairment or disability?" and, if they answer yes, J04A asks whether their condition, illness or disability has an impact on their daily activity or the work they can do.
Results are aggregated in to two broad categories: "No long-term limiting condition", combining those who answer “No” to either J04 or J04A; and, "Long-term limiting condition", those who answer “Yes” to J04 and who answer that their condition limits what they can do either "a little" or "a lot" at J04A.
Answered “Yes” to the question “During the past 12 months have you personally experienced bullying or harassment at work?” | No limiting long-term illness | Has a limiting long-term illness |
Acas | 8% | 21% |
Accountant in Bankruptcy | 4% | 0% |
Animal and Plant Health Agency | 10% | 23% |
Attorney General's Office | 4% | .. |
Cabinet Office | 9% | 19% |
Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science | 7% | 22% |
Charity Commission | 10% | 22% |
Civil Service HR | 13% | 22% |
Companies House | 4% | 11% |
Competition and Markets Authority | 11% | 33% |
Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority | 8% | 31% |
Crown Commercial Service | 10% | 20% |
Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service | 10% | 35% |
Crown Prosecution Service | 8% | 21% |
Defence Electronics and Components Agency | 17% | 38% |
Defence Equipment & Support | 10% | 25% |
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy | 6% | 15% |
Department for Communities and Local Government | 6% | 19% |
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport | 4% | 12% |
Department for Education | 7% | 17% |
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 7% | 16% |
Department for Exiting the European Union | 6% | 25% |
Department for International Development | 10% | 20% |
Department for International Trade | 10% | 17% |
Department for Transport | 6% | 14% |
Department for Work and Pensions | 8% | 20% |
Department of Health | 6% | 9% |
Disclosure Scotland | 9% | 27% |
Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency | 6% | 16% |
Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency | 17% | 37% |
Dstl | 10% | 27% |
Education Scotland | 19% | 36% |
Estyn | 5% | .. |
FCO Services | 9% | 37% |
Food Standards Agency | 16% | 27% |
Food Standards Scotland | 8% | 7% |
Foreign and Commonwealth Office | 12% | 22% |
Government Actuary's Department | 7% | .. |
Government Internal Audit Agency | 9% | 21% |
Government Legal Department | 8% | 11% |
Health and Safety Executive | 10% | 21% |
HM Courts and Tribunals Service | 8% | 21% |
HM CPS Inspectorate | 31% | .. |
HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services | 20% | 23% |
HM Prison and Probation Service HQ | 10% | 14% |
HM Revenue & Customs | 9% | 22% |
HM Treasury | 7% | 20% |
Home Office: Border Force | 14% | 40% |
Home Office: HM Passport Office | 11% | 25% |
Home Office: Immigration Enforcement | 13% | 28% |
Home Office: Policy and Enablers | 9% | 21% |
Home Office: UK Visas and Immigration | 9% | 20% |
Intellectual Property Office | 7% | 10% |
Land Registry | 6% | 14% |
Legal Aid Agency | 5% | 16% |
Maritime and Coastguard Agency | 14% | 42% |
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency | 9% | 23% |
Met Office | 8% | 21% |
Ministry of Defence | 10% | 26% |
Ministry of Justice HQ | 7% | 18% |
MoJ Arms Length Bodies | 6% | 18% |
National Crime Agency | 11% | 26% |
National Records of Scotland | 5% | 12% |
National Savings & Investment | 7% | 45% |
Office for National Statistics | 9% | 18% |
Office of Gas and Electricity Markets | 7% | 11% |
Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation | 7% | 6% |
Office of Rail and Road | 12% | 20% |
Office of the Public Guardian | 15% | 26% |
Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator | 15% | .. |
Ofsted | 5% | 15% |
Public Health England | 11% | 19% |
Registers of Scotland | 7% | 5% |
Revenue Scotland | 7% | .. |
Rural Payments Agency | 10% | 25% |
Scotland, Wales & Northern Ireland Offices | 7% | 15% |
Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service | 7% | 19% |
Scottish Government | 8% | 17% |
Scottish Housing Regulator | 5% | .. |
Scottish Prison Service | 15% | 40% |
Scottish Public Pensions Agency | 13% | 23% |
Serious Fraud Office | 9% | 20% |
Student Awards Agency Scotland | 8% | 16% |
The Insolvency Service | 6% | 13% |
The National Archives | 5% | 21% |
The National Probation Service | 10% | 25% |
The Planning Inspectorate | 4% | 11% |
The Prison Service | 13% | 28% |
Transport Scotland | 9% | 17% |
UK Debt Management Office | 7% | .. |
UK Export Finance | 16% | 7% |
UK Hydrographic Office | 8% | 17% |
UK Statistics Authority | 15% | .. |
Valuation Office Agency | 6% | 17% |
Vehicle Certification Agency | 12% | .. |
Veterinary Medicines Directorate | 6% | 27% |
Welsh Government | 7% | 18% |
Wilton Park | 8% | .. |
Note: ‘..’ indicates value supressed due to small sample size |
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