Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, how many full-time equivalent staff who are qualified (a) barristers and (b) solicitors were employed by the Crown Prosecution Service in each year from 2010 to 2015.
The number of full-time equivalent staff who are qualified (a) barristers and (b) solicitors who were employed by the Crown Prosecution Service in each year from 2010 to 2015 is shown in the table below
| Barristers | Solicitors |
2010-11 | 740.3 | 2085.0 |
2011-12 | 741.3 | 1845.5 |
2012-13 | 646.8 | 1705.4 |
2013-14 | 612.2 | 1617.9 |
2014-15 | 627.7 | 1627.7 |
Notes: Data extracted from the CPS HR Database iTrent as at the 31st 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