Crown Prosecution Service: Recruitment

(asked on 1st February 2021) - View Source
Questioner
Ellie Reeves Portrait
Ellie Reeves
(Labour - Lewisham West and Penge)

Question to the Attorney General:

To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the CPS annual report 2019-20, how many (a) additional prosecutors have been recruited, (b) operational delivery staff have been recruited and (c) offers of employment have been made to new lawyers since 2019.

Answered by
Michael Ellis Portrait
Michael Ellis
This question was answered on 4th February 2021

As of 2nd February 2021, the CPS has recruited:

  • 399 additional prosecutors, with a further 75 due to start by April 2021;
  • 155 Paralegal Officers and Assistants (Operational Delivery Staff);
  • and made 570 offers of employment to new lawyers since 2019.

(Source data – CPS HR Recruitment records)

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