Public Defender Service: Solicitors
(asked on 14th July 2015) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times Public Defender Service solicitors have been used as a direct result of the work to rule action that began on 1 July 2015; and what the total cost to the public purse has been of the use of such solicitors to date.
This question was answered on 22nd July 2015
In addition to their routine allocated police station work, PDS attended 21 additional police stations cases between 1 July 2015 - 13 July 2015.
As salaried staff, no additional salary cost will be paid.