Treasury Solicitor's Department
(asked on 9th June 2014) - View Source
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, how many lawyers were employed in the Treasury Solicitor's Department in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014 to date.
The figures below give the number of lawyers employed in the Treasury Solicitor's Department (TSol), as at 31st March each year and to date for 2014.
Year | Full Time Equivalent |
31st May 2014 | 910 |
31st March 2013 | 572 |
31st March 2012 | 565 |
31st March 2011 | 464 |
31st March 2010 | 451 |
The figures given are for permanent staff.
Since 2010 TSol has been engaged on a process of transferring lawyers from other departments to TSol as part of the the Shared Legal Services Programme. Sharing legal services brings considerable benefits including greater flexibility and resiliance, more efficient deployment of legal resources, more opportunities for savings and improved knowledge sharing, which in turn supports consistency of legal advice across Government.