NIPS Annual Report and Accounts 2012-13 - Department of Justice

2012-2013
Details of the salary and benefits of the
Management Board members are disclosed in the
Remuneration Report on pages 36 to 42.
Pension Liabilities
The Northern Ireland Prison Service makes employer
contributions to the following pension schemes:
BOARD MEMBERS’ INTEREST
Details of all Board members’ interests which may
conflict with their management responsibilities are
disclosed in Note 23 of the Financial Statements.
BUSINESS REVIEW & FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS
• Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme GB; and
• Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme NI.
Details of the pension arrangements of the above
schemes are disclosed in the
Remuneration Report and in Note 1 and Note 3 of
the Financial Statements.
The total net operating cost for the year was
£173,660k (2011-12: £154,990k, restated). The
2011-12 figures have been restated to reflect.
Injury on Duty Provision
The Injury on Duty provision was valued in
accordance with IAS 19 Employee Benefits. IAS
19 requires the employer to value the expected
injury awards for active members who are currently
uninjured but who may become injured in the
future, and include the value in the Statement of
Accounts.
Equality and Diversity
NIPS has in place Harassment Contact Officers
trained to provide guidance, support and advice
to staff who have been subjected to, or accused
of offensive conduct or unacceptable behaviour.
Mediation Officers are available to provide an
impartial, confidential process to help resolve
disputes between members of staff quickly, and in a
way that empowers staff to seek their own solutions
with the aim of improving the relationship. These
interventions have been proven to be effective in
the early resolution of disagreements.
This amounts to a change in accounting policy
which has been treated as a prior year adjustment
in line with IAS 8 and prior year comparative
figures have been restated. This has resulted in an
increase to the opening provision at 1 April 2011 of
£1.66million and a further increase during the 2011-
12 year of £190k. These adjustments are reflected
in the main statements and in notes 5, 17 and 27 to
these financial statements.
A full review of the business during the year and its
future development is set out in the Management
Commentary on pages 32-35 and in the Agency’s
Corporate and Business Plan.
Absenteeism
Absence through sickness has continued to be
high in the Service, although initial figures indicate
a fall in sick absence from 15.2 days in 2011-
12, to 12.7 days in 2012-13. NIPS’ response has
been to robustly apply the NICS Sickness Absence
& Inefficiency Sickness Absence Policies and
to remind staff at all levels of how they should
manage sickness absence and to work closely with
Management.
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