Crown Prosecution Service: Recruitment
(asked on 4th September 2025) - View Source
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Solicitor General, how many additional prosecutors the Crown Prosecution Service has recruited in each of the last three years.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has recruited the following additional prosecutors in each of the last three years:
| CPS Prosecutor Full Time Equivalent (FTE) at year end | FTE Change on previous year / additional prosecutors recruited |
FY 22/23 | 3022.5 | + 82.4 |
FY 23/24 | 3075.1 | + 52.6 |
FY 24/25 | 3052.7 | - 22.4 |
| Total FTE Growth / additional Prosecutors | +112.6 |
The CPS forecasts significant growth in the number of additional prosecutors for the financial year 2025/26 following its positive Spending Review Phase 2 settlement – in which CPS received an uplift of £96 million.