Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, what the average number of full time equivalent civil service staff employed by the (a) Government Legal Department and (b)Treasury Solicitor’s Office was in each financial year between 2010-11 and 2021-22.
The average number of whole-time equivalent persons employed during each financial year (for which data is available) in the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) and Government Legal Department (GLD) is as follows.
Attorney General’s Office:
Financial Year | Total | Permanent Staff | Others | Ministers |
2010-11 | (Data not held)* |
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2011-12 | 40 |
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2012-13 | 44 | 40 | 2 | 2 |
2013-14 | 42 | 40 |
| 2 |
2014-15 | 40 | 38 |
| 2 |
2015-16 | 40 | 38 |
| 2 |
2016-17 | 40 | 38 |
| 2 |
2017-18 | 44 | 42 |
| 2 |
2018-19 | 46 | 39 | 5 | 2 |
2019-20 | 49 | 47 |
| 2 |
2020-21 | 50 | 46 | 2 | 2 |
Treasury Solicitor’s Office (from 2010-11 to 2014-15 inclusive) and Government Legal Department (from 2015-16 to 2020-21 inclusive):
Financial Year | Total | Permanent Staff | Others |
2010-11 | (Data not held)* |
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2011-12 | 987 |
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2012-13 | 1,046 | 927 | 119 |
2013-14 | 1,283 | 1,090 | 193 |
2014-15 | 1,667 | 1,426 | 241 |
2015-16 | 1,838 | 1,663 | 175 |
2016-17 | 1,862 | 1,657 | 205 |
2017-18 | 2,157 | 1,905 | 252 |
2018-19 | 2,362 | 1,998 | 364 |
2019-20 | 2,519 | 2,196 | 323 |
2020-21 | 2,605 | 2,166 | 439 |
It is important to note that several legal advisory units from departments across the civil service were incorporated into the Treasury Solicitor’s Department (TSol) and GLD account for the majority of staffing increases in the years preceding and succeeding the name change from TSol to GLD on 1 April 2015.
* The earliest Annual Report available in which these figures are published, is for the 2012-13 financial year, which also included a total whole-time equivalent figure for TSol and AGO for 2011-12.