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1050551

registered interest
date	29/01/2019
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 staff were employed in each department within the CPS on (a) 30 May 2010 and (b) 30 September 2018.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	213934
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2019 answer text <p>(a) As of 30 June 2010*, the Crown Prosecution Service employed a total of 8,569 staff across its Area/Regional and HQ functions:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Department</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Headcount Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CPS Headquarters</p></td><td><p>574</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Central Casework</p></td><td><p>530</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CPS Direct</p></td><td><p>153</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>547</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eastern</p></td><td><p>419</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West Group</p></td><td><p>772</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>1278</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merseyside &amp; Cheshire</p></td><td><p>355</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>446</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>406</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>347</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire &amp; Humberside Group</p></td><td><p>700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thames &amp; Chiltern</p></td><td><p>439</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cymru Wales</p></td><td><p>441</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wessex</p></td><td><p>368</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands group</p></td><td><p>794</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8,569</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Note</strong>: *CPS HR management information in relation to staff in post is only available from June 2010. (Data Source Trent HR Database as at 31.01.2019)</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p>(b) As of 30 September 2018, the Crown Prosecution Service employed a total of 5,936 staff across its Area/Regional and HQ functions.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Department</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Headcount Total</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>CPS Headquarters</p></td><td><p>502</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Central Casework Divisions</p></td><td><p>706</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>CPS Direct</p></td><td><p>181</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Cymru Wales</p></td><td><p>275</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>318</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>258</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>London North</p></td><td><p>456</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>London South</p></td><td><p>476</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Mersey Cheshire</p></td><td><p>235</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>259</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>464</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>251</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>219</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Thames &amp; Chiltern</p></td><td><p>271</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Wessex</p></td><td><p>217</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>422</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Yorkshire &amp; Humberside</p></td><td><p>426</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5936</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 06/02/2019 16:09:37 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1050582

registered interest
date	29/01/2019
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 number of people (a) the CPS employs and (b) who were employed by the CPS in May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	213937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service employed 5,946 staff at 31 December 2018 and 8,569 staff at 30 June 2010. CPS HR management information in relation to staff in post is only available from June 2010.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 04/02/2019 13:46:08 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1013068

registered interest
date	23/11/2018
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, pursuant to the Answer of 20 November 2018 to Question 191883, what the change was in the number of (a) full-time and (b) part-time personnel employed by the Crown Prosecution Service between (i) 2012-13 and (ii) 2017-18.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	195034
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>Details of the full time and part time personnel employed by the Crown Prosecution Service in 2012/13 and 2017/18 are shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Full Time Personnel</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Part Time Personnel</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Totals</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p>5468</p></td><td><p>1861</p></td><td><p>7329</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong></p></td><td><p>4417</p></td><td><p>1563</p></td><td><p>5980</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Difference</strong></p></td><td><p>-1051</p></td><td><p>-298</p></td><td><p>-1349</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>(Data Source CPS Trent HR Database as at 26/11/18)</em></p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 28/11/2018 11:20:37 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1011646

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
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, pursuant to the Answer of 16 October 2018 to Question 175908, how many staff the Crown Prosecution Service employed (a) in each region and (b) at CPS Direct as at (i) 30 September 2018 and (ii) 30 September 2008.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	194049
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>As of 30 September 2018, the CPS employed a total of 5,936 staff across its Area/Regional and HQ functions. A breakdown is provided in the following table:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Department</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Headcount Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CPS Headquarters</p></td><td><p>502</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Central Casework Divisions</p></td><td><p>706</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CPS Direct</p></td><td><p>181</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cymru Wales</p></td><td><p>275</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>318</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>258</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London North</p></td><td><p>456</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London South</p></td><td><p>476</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mersey Cheshire</p></td><td><p>235</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>259</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>464</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>251</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>219</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thames &amp; Chiltern</p></td><td><p>271</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wessex</p></td><td><p>217</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>422</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire &amp; Humberside</p></td><td><p>426</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5936</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>As of 30 September 2008, the CPS employed a total of 8,768 staff across its Area/Regional and HQ functions. A breakdown is provided in the following table:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Department</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Headcount Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CPS Headquarters</p></td><td><p>587</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Central Casework</p></td><td><p>233</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CPS Direct</p></td><td><p>158</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>596</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eastern</p></td><td><p>432</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater Manchester</p></td><td><p>498</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancashire &amp; Cumbria</p></td><td><p>331</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>1367</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merseyside &amp; Cheshire</p></td><td><p>385</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North &amp; West Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>415</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>462</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>444</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>370</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Yorkshire &amp; Humberside</p></td><td><p>311</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thames &amp; Chiltern</p></td><td><p>422</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cymru Wales</p></td><td><p>480</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wessex</p></td><td><p>392</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>885</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8,768</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>(Data Source Trent HR Database as at 22/11/2018)</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 26/11/2018 11:39:51 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1011647

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
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, pursuant to the answer of 16 October 2018 to Question 175908, during the same period what the change has been in the overall case load for the Crown Prosecution Service.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	194050
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) maintains a central record of the volumes of completed prosecutions, or caseload, as a count of the number of defendants. The table below shows the number of prosecutions for both the 12 months ending September 2008 and September 2018 and the change in both volume and percent.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Year Ending September 2008 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Year Ending September 2018 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Volume Change </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Change % </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>CPS Prosecution Caseload </strong></p></td><td><p>1,051,047</p></td><td><p>511,090</p></td><td><p>-539,957</p></td><td><p>-51.4%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>(Data Source: Case Management Information System)</p><p> </p><p>The types of cases prosecuted by the CPS have changed significantly in the period between 2008 and 2018. Prosecutions for more serious and complex cases have risen, including a 5% increase in homicide, a 17% increase in fraud and forgery and a 28% increase in sexual offences cases. During the same period, minor motoring cases have fallen by 74% as responsibility for prosecuting some of these cases has transferred to the police.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 26/11/2018 11:45:47 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1007768

registered interest
date	15/11/2018
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 the change has been in the number of (a) full-time and (b) part-time personnel employed by the Crown Prosecution Service in the last two years.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	191883
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>Details of the full time and part time personnel employed by the Crown Prosecution Service in the last two years are shown in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Full Time Personnel</p></td><td><p>Part Time Personnel</p></td><td><p>Totals</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>4436</p></td><td><p>1548</p></td><td><p>5984</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>4417</p></td><td><p>1563</p></td><td><p>5980</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Difference</p></td><td><p>-19</p></td><td><p>+15</p></td><td><p>-4</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>(Data Source CPS Trent HR Database as at 16/11/18)</em></p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 20/11/2018 12:27:50 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

983115

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
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 staff the CPS (a) employs and (b) employed 10 years ago.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	175908
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service employed 5,936 staff at 30 September 2018 and 8,768 staff at 30 September 2008.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 16/10/2018 11:51:48 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

929335

registered interest
date	22/06/2018
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, whether his Department has made an assessment of the effect of the reduction in the number of CPS staff on the number of criminal charges brought in England and Wales between 2010 and 2017.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	156623
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2018 answer text <p>Whilst the Crown Prosecution Service has seen a reduction of staff, this does not necessarily correlate to the decreasing caseload. During the same period, the volume of police charged cases and referrals for pre-charge decisions has declined. Importantly, the Crown Prosecution Service has maintained its conviction rate of around 84% throughout this time.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 09/07/2018 13:33:25 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

426981

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

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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