Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of staff employed by her Department are employed on a contract which is (a) full-time permanent, (b) part-time permanent, (c) for less than two years' duration, (d) on an agency basis and (e) zero-hours.

The number of staff employed by the secretary of State for Justice’s Department who are a) full-time permanent 52,939, b) part-time permanent 12,353, c) for less than two years’ duration 852, d) on an agency basis 1,829, e) zero-hours contract 18.

The proportion of staff employed by the Secretary of State for Justice’s department is a) 79.6%, b)18.6%, c) 1.3%, d) 2.7%, e)0.03%

The proportions have been calculated using headcount of total number of employees. Not all business units have headcount figures available for agency staff for figure is Full time equivalent (FTE). The figures for zero hours contracts are all for HMCS/HMCTS. These staff work as scheduled ushers and do not work fixed hours, being called on as and when required.