Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, (a) how much funding he has allocated to and (b) how many full-time equivalent staff were employed by the CPS's Proceeds of Crime Unit in each year since 2009.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) allocated the following funding to its Proceeds of Crime Unit since 2009.
2008/09 £ 2,556,535
2009/10 £ 4,339,422
2010/11 £ 7,311,688
2011/12 £ 6,096,729
2012/13 £ 5,967,226
2013/14 £ 6,125,024
2014/15 £ 8,378,651
2015/16 £10,035,821
The following average full-time equivalent staff in post for Proceeds of Crime Unit since 2009 were:-
2008/09 41.9
2009/10 60.0
2010/11 73.1
2011/12 65.1
2012/13 77.3
2013/14 77.7
2014/15 124.4
2015/16 140.4