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Written Question
Crown Prosecution Service: North West
Wednesday 22nd March 2023

Asked by: Emily Thornberry (Labour - Islington South and Finsbury)

Question to the Attorney General:

To ask the Attorney General, how many (a) prosecutors and (b) other staff were employed by the Crown Prosecution Service in the North West CPS area on 31 December (i) 2010, (ii) 2012, (iii) 2019, (iv) 2020, (v) 2021 and (vi) 2022.

Answered by Michael Tomlinson - Minister of State (Minister for Illegal Migration)

The responses to parliamentary questions 163738-163750 have been grouped. The data provided includes all staff grades full time equivalent posts and has been extracted from the CPS Oracle HR database. It is accurate at point of enquiry on 20 March 2023. Consequent changes to data input may mean that this data will change at some point in the future. Data is unavailable for 2010 and 2012 as we do not retain detailed data such as business unit specific information for more than 6 years. Due to the size of the data available, it is presented on a separate document.


Written Question
Crown Prosecution Service: East of England
Wednesday 22nd March 2023

Asked by: Emily Thornberry (Labour - Islington South and Finsbury)

Question to the Attorney General:

To ask the Attorney General, how many (a) prosecutors and (b) other staff were employed by the Crown Prosecution Service in the East of England CPS area on 31 December (i) 2010, (ii) 2012, (iii) 2019, (iv) 2020, (v) 2021 and (vi) 2022.

Answered by Michael Tomlinson - Minister of State (Minister for Illegal Migration)

The responses to parliamentary questions 163738-163750 have been grouped. The data provided includes all staff grades full time equivalent posts and has been extracted from the CPS Oracle HR database. It is accurate at point of enquiry on 20 March 2023. Consequent changes to data input may mean that this data will change at some point in the future. Data is unavailable for 2010 and 2012 as we do not retain detailed data such as business unit specific information for more than 6 years. Due to the size of the data available, it is presented on a separate document.


Written Question
Crown Prosecution Service: West Midlands
Wednesday 22nd March 2023

Asked by: Emily Thornberry (Labour - Islington South and Finsbury)

Question to the Attorney General:

To ask the Attorney General, how many (a) prosecutors and (b) other staff were employed by the Crown Prosecution Service in the West Midlands CPS area as of 31 December (i) 2010, (ii) 2012, (iii) 2019, (iv) 2020, (v) 2021 and (vi) 2022.

Answered by Michael Tomlinson - Minister of State (Minister for Illegal Migration)

The responses to parliamentary questions 163738-163750 have been grouped. The data provided includes all staff grades full time equivalent posts and has been extracted from the CPS Oracle HR database. It is accurate at point of enquiry on 20 March 2023. Consequent changes to data input may mean that this data will change at some point in the future. Data is unavailable for 2010 and 2012 as we do not retain detailed data such as business unit specific information for more than 6 years. Due to the size of the data available, it is presented on a separate document.


Written Question
Crown Prosecution Service: East Midlands
Wednesday 22nd March 2023

Asked by: Emily Thornberry (Labour - Islington South and Finsbury)

Question to the Attorney General:

To ask the Attorney General, how many (a) prosecutors and (b) other staff were employed by the Crown Prosecution Service in the East Midlands CPS area on 31 December (i) 2010, (ii) 2012, (iii) 2019, (iv) 2020, (v) 2021 and (vi) 2022.

Answered by Michael Tomlinson - Minister of State (Minister for Illegal Migration)

The responses to parliamentary questions 163738-163750 have been grouped. The data provided includes all staff grades full time equivalent posts and has been extracted from the CPS Oracle HR database. It is accurate at point of enquiry on 20 March 2023. Consequent changes to data input may mean that this data will change at some point in the future. Data is unavailable for 2010 and 2012 as we do not retain detailed data such as business unit specific information for more than 6 years. Due to the size of the data available, it is presented on a separate document.


Written Question
Crown Prosecution Service: Wales
Wednesday 22nd March 2023

Asked by: Emily Thornberry (Labour - Islington South and Finsbury)

Question to the Attorney General:

To ask the Attorney General, how many (a) prosecutors and (b) other staff were employed by the Crown Prosecution Service in the Wales CPS area on 31 December (i) 2010, (ii) 2012, (iii) 2020, (iii) 2019, (iv) 2020, (v) 2021 and (vi) 2022.

Answered by Michael Tomlinson - Minister of State (Minister for Illegal Migration)

The responses to parliamentary questions 163738-163750 have been grouped. The data provided includes all staff grades full time equivalent posts and has been extracted from the CPS Oracle HR database. It is accurate at point of enquiry on 20 March 2023. Consequent changes to data input may mean that this data will change at some point in the future. Data is unavailable for 2010 and 2012 as we do not retain detailed data such as business unit specific information for more than 6 years. Due to the size of the data available, it is presented on a separate document.


Written Question
Crown Prosecution Service: Yorkshire and the Humber
Wednesday 22nd March 2023

Asked by: Emily Thornberry (Labour - Islington South and Finsbury)

Question to the Attorney General:

To ask the Attorney General, how many (a) prosecutors and (b) other staff were employed by the Crown Prosecution Service in the Yorkshire and Humberside CPS area as of 31 December (i) 2010, (ii) 2012, (iii) 2019, (iv) 2020, (v) 2021 and (vi) 2022.

Answered by Michael Tomlinson - Minister of State (Minister for Illegal Migration)

The responses to parliamentary questions 163738-163750 have been grouped. The data provided includes all staff grades full time equivalent posts and has been extracted from the CPS Oracle HR database. It is accurate at point of enquiry on 20 March 2023. Consequent changes to data input may mean that this data will change at some point in the future. Data is unavailable for 2010 and 2012 as we do not retain detailed data such as business unit specific information for more than 6 years. Due to the size of the data available, it is presented on a separate document.


Written Question
Crown Prosecution Service: Staff
Wednesday 22nd March 2023

Asked by: Emily Thornberry (Labour - Islington South and Finsbury)

Question to the Attorney General:

To ask the Attorney General, how many (a) prosecutors and (b) other staff were employed by the Crown Prosecution Service in the (i) CPS Direct division and (ii) Central Casework Divisions as of 31 December 2022.

Answered by Michael Tomlinson - Minister of State (Minister for Illegal Migration)

The responses to parliamentary questions 163738-163750 have been grouped. The data provided includes all staff grades full time equivalent posts and has been extracted from the CPS Oracle HR database. It is accurate at point of enquiry on 20 March 2023. Consequent changes to data input may mean that this data will change at some point in the future. Data is unavailable for 2010 and 2012 as we do not retain detailed data such as business unit specific information for more than 6 years. Due to the size of the data available, it is presented on a separate document. ​


Written Question
Crown Prosecution Service: Staff
Monday 13th February 2023

Asked by: Emily Thornberry (Labour - Islington South and Finsbury)

Question to the Attorney General:

To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December 2021 to Question 90844 on Crown Prosecution Service: Staff, how many (a) prosecutors and (b) other staff were employed by the Crown Prosecution Service as of 31 December 2022.

Answered by Michael Tomlinson - Minister of State (Minister for Illegal Migration)

Please find data in response attached.


Written Question
Crown Prosecution Service: Staff
Monday 13th February 2023

Asked by: Emily Thornberry (Labour - Islington South and Finsbury)

Question to the Attorney General:

To ask the Attorney General, how many (a) associate prosecutors, (b) crown prosecutors, (c) senior crown prosecutors, (d) Level 1-3 crown advocates, (e) Level 4 senior crown advocates and (f) principal crown advocates were employed by the Crown Prosecution Service as of 31 December 2022.

Answered by Michael Tomlinson - Minister of State (Minister for Illegal Migration)

Please find data response attached.


Written Question
Crown Prosecution Service: Staff
Monday 13th February 2023

Asked by: Emily Thornberry (Labour - Islington South and Finsbury)

Question to the Attorney General:

To ask the Attorney General, how many (a) prosecutors and (b) other staff were employed in the Crown Prosecution Service’s (i) Serious Economic, Organised Crime and International Directorate and (ii) Special Crime and Counter Terrorism Division as of 31 December 2022.

Answered by Michael Tomlinson - Minister of State (Minister for Illegal Migration)

Please find data response attached.