Judicial Appointments Commission: Stonewall

(asked on 17th November 2021) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what funds have been paid by the Judicial Appointments Commission to Stonewall in each of the last five years; and to what projects those funds were allocated.


Answered by
James Cartlidge Portrait
James Cartlidge
Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
This question was answered on 25th November 2021

In the period covering the last five financial years, National Offender Management Service (NOMS) has paid the following sums to Stonewall.

2016-17 to 2019-20 Financial Years

£0

2020-21 Financial Year

£837.60 (formally NOMS) Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service conference attendance

2021-22 Financial Year

£0

In the period covering the last five financial years, Office of the Public Guardian has paid the following sums to Stonewall.

2016-17 to 2019-20 Financial Years

£0

2019-20 Financial Year

£552.00 Stonewall Conference Attendance

2020-21 & 2021-22 Financial Years

£0

In the period covering the last five financial years, Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service has not made any payments to Stonewall.

In the period covering the last five financial years, the Department's Welsh Language Scheme has not made any payments to Stonewall.

In the period covering the last five financial years, Independent Monitoring Authority has not made any payments to Stonewall.

Please note that MoJ does not have a Probation Board. However, the Parole Board is an executive non-departmental public body (NDPB), sponsored by the MoJ. In the period covering the last five financial years, Parole Board has not made any payments to Stonewall.

In the period covering the last five financial years Legal Aid Agency has not made any payments to Stonewall.

In the period covering the last five financial years Judicial Appointments Commission has not made any payments to Stonewall.

In the period covering the last five financial years Youth Justice Board has not made any payments to Stonewall.

In the period covering the last five financial years Legal Services Board has not made any payments to Stonewall.

In the period covering the last five financial years Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass) has paid the following sums to Stonewall:

2016-17 to 2019-20 Financial Years

£0

2020-21 Financial Year

£3000 Cafcass Stonewall Diversity Champions Membership

2021-22 Financial Year

£0

In the period covering the last five financial years Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority has not made any payments to Stonewall.

In the period covering the last five financial years Legal Ombudsman (LeO) has paid the following sums to Stonewall:

2016-17 to 2020-21 Financial Years

£0

2021-22 Financial Year

£3000 LeO Stonewall Diversity Champions Membership

In the period covering the last five financial years Criminal Case Review Commission has not made any payments to Stonewall.

In the period covering the last five financial years Government Facility Services Limited has not made any payments to Stonewall.

As independent arm’s length bodies (ALBs), the decision on whether to allocate resources to a particular membership is one for the Accounting Officers of those ALBs. These decisions are taken within the ALBs’ internal systems of governance and control (which include the requirements of Managing Public Money and regard to MoJ and Cabinet Office spending controls) and generally do not require the approval of the Ministry of Justice.

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