Crown Prosecution Service: Vacancies
(asked on 14th January 2026) - View Source
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Solicitor General, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January to Question 103029, on Crown Prosecution Service: Vacancies, how the vacancy rate for Crown Prosecutors as of the end of December 2025 compares the preceding five years, broken down by region.
The overall vacancy rate for ‘Crown Prosecutors’ across the 14 regional, geographic areas that make up the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is 4.5% (at the end of December 2025). The table below includes the regional breakdown for CPS vacancy rates applicable to these legal roles for December 2025 against the three preceding years only*.
Area | Dec-22 | Dec-23 | Dec-24 | Dec-25 |
Cymru Wales | 10.3% | 6.0% | 2.4% | 7.0% |
East of England | 10.7% | 6.0% | 6.1% | 3.9% |
East Midlands | 14.9% | 8.8% | 4.0% | 8.6% |
London North | 1.5% | 0.4% | 0.9% | 9.0% |
London South | 6.1% | 4.7% | 0.4% | -3.9% |
Mersey Cheshire | 5.4% | 9.5% | -0.9% | 2.6% |
North East | 12.1% | 5.2% | 6.1% | 15.4% |
North West | 10.2% | 1.7% | 5.7% | -3.4% |
South East | 4.5% | 1.8% | -1.2% | 3.8% |
South West | 7.7% | 14.1% | 0.7% | -0.1% |
Thames and Chiltern | 7.5% | 8.8% | 7.4% | 11.5% |
Wessex | 10.0% | 5.5% | 4.8% | 1.3% |
West Midlands | 17.2% | 7.3% | 1.4% | 6.9% |
Yorkshire and Humberside | 12.8% | 5.0% | 4.7% | 4.0% |
14 Geographic Areas | 9.5% | 5.6% | 3.0% | 4.5% |
*The CPS does not hold information on vacancy rates dating back five years and has therefore provided the three years preceding December 2025 only.