Ministry of Justice sacks 849 staff over misconduct in three years

Wednesday 24 September 2025 3:11 pm

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has dismissed 849 workers members during the last three years for alleged misconduct.

A Freedom of Data Request, shared with Metropolis AM, revealed there was a rise within the variety of people receiving a penalty because of the conduct and self-discipline course of on the MoJ, with a complete of 1,325 over 2024.

The information consists of workers from throughout the MoJ, together with MoJ HQ, HM Jail and Probation Service, HM Courts & Tribunals Service, Workplace of the Public Guardian, Authorized Help Company, and Legal Accidents Compensation Authority.

Between 2024 and 2025, 397 workers members had been dismissed, whereas 384 obtained ultimate written warnings, 496 obtained written warnings, 56 confronted oral warnings, and 53 obtained penalties associated to their grade.

The dismissal figures, which additionally embody abstract dismissals, had been over 100 per cent increased than the 2021 figures, which reported 181 dismissals because of alleged misconduct.

Again in January, HMP Wandsworth was within the headlines after a former jail officer was jailed for 15 months after a video of her having intercourse with an inmate went viral.

Whereas this month, a former jail officer who had pled responsible to misconduct in public workplace and possession of hashish was sentenced after triggering 102 corruption issues.

Kenny MacAulay, CEO of software program platform Appearing Workplace, mentioned: “Massive organisations just like the MoJ face a monumental problem in the case of rooting out corruption, misconduct, and malpractice.”

This figures come after a damning report by Harriet Harman KC was printed earlier this month that discovered the Bar does “not all the time” uphold its excessive requirements in the case of bullying, harassment, and sexual harassment.

The report said that there are people in highly effective positions who bully, harass, or sexually harass others, and “may be fairly assured that nothing can be completed about it.” The Bar Requirements Board (BSB) is the regulator for barristers, each in felony and civil issues.

The MoJ was contacted for a touch upon the FOI knowledge.