Attorney-General written question – answered at on 20 June 2013.
To ask the Attorney-General how many staff were suspended from the Law Officers' Departments and their associated public bodies on full pay in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13; and what costs were incurred as a result of such suspensions.
The number of staff in the Law Officers' Departments who were suspended on full pay and the associated salary costs for the periods stated are shown in the following table:
2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | ||||
Department | Number suspended | Salary cost (£) | Number suspended | Salary cost (£) | Number suspended | Salary cost (£) |
CPS(1) | 9 | 98,082 | 5 | 62,651 | 2 | 14,326 |
SFO | — | — | 1 | 1,940 | — | — |
TSol(2) | — | — | 1 | 8,500 | — | — |
(1) The suspension for two staff which commenced in 2010-11 continued into the 2011-12 year and have therefore been counted in both years. (2) The TSol data also covers the Attorney-General's Office and HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate. |
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