Asked by: Chuka Umunna (Liberal Democrat - Streatham)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, whether his office has conducted analysis of the legal implications of deporting EU citizens from the UK after the UK has left the EU.
Answered by Robert Buckland
The Law Officers give legal advice to the Government on a range of matters, including on EU issues, and our office provides advice and support to us in that role. I am not able to talk about any legal content of our advice because, by convention, the fact that the Law Officers have advised or have not advised and the content of their advice must not be disclosed outside Government without their authority.
Asked by: Chuka Umunna (Liberal Democrat - Streatham)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, how many apprentices employed by (a) the Law Officers' Departments and (b) its executive agencies and associated bodies are aged (i) 16 to 18, (ii) 19 to 24 and (iii) 25 years or older; and how many of those apprentices employed in each form of body and of each age group were previously employed by the Government.
Answered by Robert Buckland
As at 31st January 2015 the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) employed 140 apprentices. A breakdown by age category is shown in the table below.
Age Band | Headcount |
16-18 | 18 |
19-24 | 103 |
25+ | 19 |
Grand Total | 140 |
The CPS does not centrally record how many of these apprentices were previously employed by the Government. To obtain this information would require a manual check of application forms which would incur a disproportionate cost.
There are currently three apprentices working in the Serious Fraud Office and two in the remaining Law Officer’s Departments, however in order to protect individual’s personal data we are unable to provide any details of age or employment history, as the small numbers involved could lead to individuals being identified.