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<p>The information requested is contained in the following tables.</p><p>The table
below shows the average number of staff engaged off-payroll over the past five years
by the Attorney General’s Office (AGO), Her Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate
(HMCPSI), and the Treasury Solicitor’s Department (TSol).</p><table><tbody><tr><td
colspan="2"><p><strong>Tsol, AGO and HMCPSI - Average number of staff engaged off-payroll<sup>1</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Period</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average
Headcount</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2014 – February 2015</p></td><td><p>263</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April
2013 – March 2014</p></td><td><p>197</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2012 – March 2013</p></td><td><p>127</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April
2011 – March 2012</p></td><td><p>91</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2010 – March 2011</p></td><td><p>103</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>1
</em><em>Off payroll staff includes temporary (agency) and contract staff, including
lawyers, other professionals and administrators. None of the above mentioned staff
members are civil servants. The majority are temporary staff engaged through employment
agencies to cover short term vacancies and to secure specific specialist legal and
support skills.</em></p><p> </p><p>Prior to April 2014 the Serious Fraud Office (SFO)
did not maintain a centralised record of staff employed off-payroll and it is not
possible to provide information at the level of detail requested. The SFO can, however,
provide an average number of temporary staff employed since April 2010. These figures
are as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>SFO - Average number
of temporary staff engaged off-payroll</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Period</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average
Headcount</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2013 – March 2014</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April
2012 – March 2013</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2011 – March 2012</p></td><td><p>51</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April
2010 – March 2011</p></td><td><p>98</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>At the end of
December January 2015 there were 86 temporary staff working at the SFO.</p><p> </p><p>The
average number of staff in the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) who were engaged off-payroll
during each of the last five years up to the most recent period for which figures
are available is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>CPS
- Average number of temporary staff engaged off-payroll<sup>1</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Period</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average
Headcount</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2014 – January 2015</p></td><td><p>7.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April
2013 – March 2014</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2012 – March 2013</p></td><td><p>1.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April
2011 – March 2012</p></td><td><p>5.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2010 – March 2011</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em><sup>1
</sup></em><em>The figures in the table have been calculated by taking relevant workforce
statistics published each month and deriving an average for each financial year. It
is possible, therefore, that the number of unique individuals employed during any
financial year was higher than that indicated.</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
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