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registered interest
date	09/11/2015
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Crown Prosecution Service: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what estimate he has made of the total expenditure on (a) in-house advocates and (b) external advocates in (i) magistrates' courts and (ii) the Crown court in each year since 2010-11; and what the average saving to the Crown Prosecution Service was from using in-house advocates in each of those years.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	15558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2015 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) estimate of costs of in-house advocates conducting magistrates’ courts advocacy and actual expenditure on agents in magistrates’ courts for each of the last five years is contained in table 1.</p><br /><p>The CPS estimate of costs of in-house advocates conducting Crown Court advocacy and actual expenditure on external advocates in relation to Crown Court (and Higher Court) advocacy for each of the last five years is contained in table 2.</p><br /><p>CPS estimate of savings generated by deploying in-house advocates in the Crown Court for each of the last five years is contained in table 3.</p><br /><p>Data is not available on average or cumulative savings generated by using in-house advocates in magistrates’ courts. However, the comparative costs of Associate Prosecutors, Crown Prosecutors and agents for conducting a half-day session for each of the last five years are contained in table 4.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>TABLE 1</strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Estimated costs of CPS Magistrates’ Courts advocacy</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><strong>Associate Prosecutor </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Crown Prosecutor</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Agent Expenditure</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p>12,164,068</p></td><td><p>29,655,623</p></td><td><p>4,098,666</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p>11,581,064</p></td><td><p>26,877,107</p></td><td><p>3,490,891</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p>9,931,437</p></td><td><p>20,121,006</p></td><td><p>7,286,085</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p>8,159,307</p></td><td><p>17,867,614</p></td><td><p>7,666,157</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p>7,182,378</p></td><td><p>16,812,230</p></td><td><p>7,318,740</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Notes:</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>1) Estimated costs of Crown Prosecutor sessions, include Senior Crown Prosecutor</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>2) Estimated in-house costs on three hours activity per half-day session at full-cost rates</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>3) Agent expenditure is actual expenditure, including VAT</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>4) Expenditure data source: CPS accounting system</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>5) Prosecutor cost data source: Sessions = CIS; Cost = Finance Directorate 6) The figures above are not inflation adjusted</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>TABLE 2</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Estimated costs of CPS Crown Court advocacy</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><strong>Estimated in-house advocate costs</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Expenditure on external advocates</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p>20,020,236</p></td><td><p>134,194,869</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p>20,787,591</p></td><td><p>111,041,044</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p>20,286,293</p></td><td><p>110,608,524</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p>21,759,812</p></td><td><p>114,606,541</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p>15,932,453</p></td><td><p>118,522,045</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Notes:</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>1) External advocate costs include VAT</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>2) Expenditure on external advocates will include some advocacy in Higher Courts.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>3) Expenditure on external advocates includes central Casework Divisions</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>4) In-house advocacy cost data source: CPS Corporate Information System</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>5) Expenditure data source: CPS accounting system</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>6) The figures above are not inflation adjusted</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>TABLE 3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>CPS estimated savings in external advocate fees by deploying in-house advocates in the Crown Court</strong></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p>11,808,667</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p>12,375,099</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p>10,321,942</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p>7,130,080</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p>9,672,863</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Notes:</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p>1) Savings based on estimate of counsel fees saved minus full cost of deploying in-house advocate</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>2) Savings data source: CPS Corporate Information System <br> 3) The figures above are not inflation adjusted</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>TABLE 4</strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>CPS estimated cost of conducting half-day magistrates' courts session</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£</p></td><td><p><strong>Associate Prosecutor </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Crown Prosecutor</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Agent </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p>113</p></td><td><p>153</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p>115</p></td><td><p>156</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p>117</p></td><td><p>158</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p>117</p></td><td><p>161</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p>117</p></td><td><p>163</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Notes:</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>1) In-house costs estimated, based on 3 hours activity, at full-cost rates</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>2) Crown Prosecutor session costs includes Senior Crown Prosecutor</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>3) Agent half-day session rate includes VAT at 20%</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>4) Data source for staff costs: Finance Directorate 5) The figures above are not inflation adjusted</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 19/11/2015 13:16:55 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

426983

registered interest
date	09/11/2015
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Crown Prosecution Service: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many (a) victim liaison officers and (b) witness care officers were employed by the Crown Prosecution Service in each year since 2010-11.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	15560
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2015 answer text <p>The total number of (a) victim liaison officers and (b) witness care officers that were employed by the Crown Prosecution Service at the end of each year since 2010-11<strong>, </strong>can be seen in the table below.</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td></td><td><p><strong>Victim Liaison [1]</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Witness Care</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>FTE</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FTE</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>182.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>137.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>118.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>89.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p><br> 44.11</p></td><td><p>76.4</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><p>Data extracted from the CPS HR Database iTrent as at the 31<sup>st</sup> March in each year. Data may be subject to change due to retrospective changes in the HR database. Data may differ from previously published data due to differing specifications.</p><br /><p>There has been a reduction in total staff numbers and the proportion of the workforce that is employed in witness care units from a peak in 2008. Witness care has been dealt with primarily by the joint CPS/police Witness Care Units. However, most of the staff in WCUs are, and have always been, police staff. Witness attendance rates (which are used as a proxy for satisfaction) have remained above 80%.</p><br /><p>[1] Dedicated Victim Liaison Units were established by the CPS in 2014</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 20/11/2015 14:00:38 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

421296

registered interest
date	14/10/2015
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Crown Prosecution Service: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many (a) prosecutors, (b) associate prosecutors, (c) caseworkers and (d) administrators were employed by the Crown Prosecution Service in each year since 2010-11; and what proportion of each such category were engaged in frontline services.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	11886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2015 answer text <p>The number of (a) prosecutors, (b) associate prosecutors, (c) caseworkers and (d) administrators that were employed by the Crown Prosecution Service in each year since 2010-11, can be found in the table below along with the proportion of each that were engaged in frontline services.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>Prosecutors</p></td><td><p>Associate</p></td><td><p>Caseworkers</p></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td><p>Prosecutors</p></td><td><p>&amp; Administrators</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>FTE</p></td><td><p>2668</p></td><td><p>411</p></td><td><p>4089</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% FrontLine</p></td><td><p>98.7%</p></td><td><p>100.0%</p></td><td><p>91.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>FTE</p></td><td><p>2583</p></td><td><p>405</p></td><td><p>4143</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% FrontLine</p></td><td><p>99.0%</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>91.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>FTE</p></td><td><p>2351</p></td><td><p>362</p></td><td><p>4130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% FrontLine</p></td><td><p>97.6%</p></td><td><p>100.0%</p></td><td><p>91.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>FTE</p></td><td><p>2226</p></td><td><p>302</p></td><td><p>3710</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% FrontLine</p></td><td><p>97.3%</p></td><td><p>100.0%</p></td><td><p>90.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>FTE</p></td><td><p>2232</p></td><td><p>252</p></td><td><p>3333</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% FrontLine</p></td><td><p>97.5%</p></td><td><p>100.0%</p></td><td><p>90.0%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Notes: Data may differ from other published data due to differing specifications</p><br /> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 21/10/2015 15:49:53 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell