Ministry of Justice: Pay
(asked on 2nd June 2020) - View Source
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.
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 |