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Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, how many (a) barristers, (b) solicitors and (c) witness care staff were employed by the Crown Prosecution Service at the end of (i) 2013-14, (ii) 2012-13 and (iii) 2009-10.
This question was answered on 8th April 2014
The information requested is contained in the following table.
Barristers | Solicitors | Witness Care | |
2009-10 | 853 | 2,353 | 228 |
2012-13 | 677 | 1,867 | 131 |
2013-14 | 645 | 1,771 | 100 |
| Notes:Data extracted from the CPS HR Database iTrent as at the 31st March in each year |
| Data may be subject to change due to retrospective changes in the HR database |
| Data may differ from previously published data due to differing specifications |
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Notwithstanding the staff reductions, conviction rates have remained broadly unchanged since 2009/10.
Witness attendance remains constant over the last two financial years (to February 2014).