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<p>The average number of whole-time equivalent persons employed during each financial
year (for which data is available) in the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) and Government
Legal Department (GLD) is as follows.</p><p> </p><p>Attorney General’s Office:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial
Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Permanent
Staff</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Others</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Ministers</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p><em>(Data
not held)*</em></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Treasury Solicitor’s Office (from 2010-11 to 2014-15
inclusive) and Government Legal Department (from 2015-16 to 2020-21 inclusive):</p><p>
</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Permanent
Staff</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Others</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p><em>(Data
not held)*</em></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>987</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>1,046</p></td><td><p>927</p></td><td><p>119</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>1,283</p></td><td><p>1,090</p></td><td><p>193</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>1,667</p></td><td><p>1,426</p></td><td><p>241</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>1,838</p></td><td><p>1,663</p></td><td><p>175</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>1,862</p></td><td><p>1,657</p></td><td><p>205</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>2,157</p></td><td><p>1,905</p></td><td><p>252</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>2,362</p></td><td><p>1,998</p></td><td><p>364</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>2,519</p></td><td><p>2,196</p></td><td><p>323</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>2,605</p></td><td><p>2,166</p></td><td><p>439</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>It is important to note that several legal advisory units from departments
across the civil service were incorporated into the Treasury Solicitor’s Department
(TSol) and GLD account for the majority of staffing increases in the years preceding
and succeeding the name change from TSol to GLD on 1 April 2015.</p><p> </p><p>* <em>The
earliest Annual Report available in which these figures are published, is for the
2012-13 financial year, which also included a total whole-time equivalent figure for
TSol and AGO for 2011-12. </em></p>
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