Justice written question – answered at on 8 January 2013.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice in which areas he expects the Civil Justice Council to make savings in the financial year 2012-13.
The Civil Justice Council (CJC) will deliver two types of savings on expenditure in 2012-13: staff salaries and other expenditure.
In relation to staff salaries, the CJC has employed two full-time members of staff during 2012-13—an assistant secretary and a finance and project manager. The post of secretary to the CJC was merged during this financial year with firstly the post of secretary to the Family Justice Council and latterly the post of private secretary to the Master of the Rolls. In addition, the post of communications manager for the CJC/FJC has not been filled. These decisions have undoubtedly generated savings, although the precise sums are hard to quantify given the shared nature of the roles.
With regard to other expenditure, the CJC was allocated £54,140 in 2012-13. It is anticipated that £40,640 will be spent organising various conferences, an independent review of court forms and leaflets to assist self-represented litigants, research into the impact of court fees on litigants, and a public legal education initiative in the current financial year. £13,500 that could not be used before
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