Trials
(asked on 14th October 2015) - View Source
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, what the (a) prosecution cost per defendant, (b) overall spend per completed case and (c) overall spend per full-time equivalent staff member in (i) the Crown Court and (ii) magistrates' courts was in each year since 2010-11.
(a) The prosecution cost per defendant since 2010-11 is as follows:
2010-11 | £422 |
2011-12 | £420 |
2012-13 | £452 |
2013-14 | £461 |
2014-15 | £496 |
(b) The overall spend per completed case for each year since 2010-11 is as follows:-
2010-11 | £477 |
2011-12 | £470 |
2012-13 | £503 |
2013-14 | £511 |
2014-15 | £550 |
(c) The overall spend per full-time equivalent staff member in (i) the Crown Court and (ii) magistrates' courts was, in 2014-15:
(i) Crown Court £96,532
(ii) Magistrates Court £58,924
It is important to note that these are not staff costs but represent the full cost of prosecuting cases in the Magistrates and Crown Courts. These costs include administrative overheads.
Prior to 2014-15 the CPS did not distinguish staff expenditure between Magistrates’ and Crown Court cases, so we are unable to apportion spend to full-time equivalents by these categories.