Ministry of Justice: Civil Servants
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people, other than special advisers, have been appointed to civil service posts in her Department without open competition since 4 July 2024; what their (a) job titles and (b) salary bands are; and on what basis each was appointed.
Answered by Alex Davies-Jones
The Ministry of Justice recruit on merit and on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's Recruitment Principles.
The Ministry of Justice holds all the information requested. However, in line with statistical guidance and GDPR, we cannot release the data about individual appointments as this could lead to the identification of individuals, given the small sample sizes involved.
I can confirm forty-three contracts were signed for roles in the Ministry of Justice (HQ, HMPPS, HMCTS, LAA, CICA and OPG) between the 5 July 2024 - 6 October 2024 inclusive. These contracts were issued as Exceptions, outside of fair and open competition.
Twenty-seven appointments were made under Exception 1 – Temporary Appointments. These appointments were made where either the urgency of the need or the short duration of the role made a full competition impracticable or disproportionate.
Six of the appointments were made under Exception 10 - Conversion to permanency. These appointments were for the conversion to permanency of suitable candidates appointed under Exceptions 1 and 2. For example, to convert roles to permanency following appointment through Life Chance Recruitment Schemes such as Going Forward into Employment.
Ten of the appointments were made under Exception 5 – Former Civil Servants. These appointments were made to re-appoint former, experienced, civil servants who were previously appointed on merit on the basis of fair and open competition.
The salary bands provided below incorporate both the national and London pay scales.
Eight individuals were appointed at the Administrative Officer pay grade - £22,940 - £27,000.
Six individuals were appointed at the Executive Officer pay grade - £27,223 - £32,760.
Seven individuals were appointed at the Higher Executive Officer pay grade - £32,827 - £40,403.
Twelve individuals were appointed at the Grade 7 pay grade - £54,358 - £66,670.
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