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Expenditure on Neurodiversity Action Plan

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Daniel Woodward

Dear Ministry of Justice,

The Neurodiversity Action Plan published in June 2022 by the Ministry of Justice in response to a Call for Evidence commissioned by Lord Chancellor Buckland announced that the ministry would start recruiting Neurodiversity Support Managers across prisons in the UK. As of September 2023, over 100 such employees had reportedly been recruited, and the Ministry of Justice stated that it aimed to have one in every adult prison by 2024.

If possible, could you provide the following information:

1) How much has been spent thus far on implementing the Neurodiversity Action Plan? (More broadly, not just recruitment of Neurodiversity Support Managers in prisons)

2) What has been the total cost thus far of recruiting Neurodiversity Support Managers across prisons in the UK? If information isn't available for across the UK, please provide it for the regions (England, Wales, etc) for which it is available.

Yours faithfully,

Daniel Woodward

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Dear HMPPS.Correspondence,

Thank you for getting back to me. To clarify question 2, by 'total cost' I mean the total overall cost of recruiting and employing Neurodiversity Support Managers. In other words, I'm interested in how much has been spent thus far on running their recruitment process and aggregate expenditure on their salaries.

Yours sincerely,

Daniel Woodward

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Dear Ministry of Justice,

Thank you for getting back to me. To clarify question 2, by 'total cost' I mean the total overall cost of recruiting and employing Neurodiversity Support Managers. In other words, I'm interested in how much has been spent thus far on running their recruitment process and aggregate expenditure on their salaries.

Yours sincerely,

Daniel Woodward

HMPPS.Correspondence, Ministry of Justice

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Dear Mr Woodward

Please find attached response to your Freedom of Information request.

Thank you

HM Prison and Probation Service Briefing & Correspondence Team
9^th Floor, 1 Ruskin Square, Dingwall Road, Croydon, Surrey, CR0 2WF 

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