Attorney General: Security

Attorney General written question – answered at on 24 April 2017.

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Photo of Jon Trickett Jon Trickett Shadow Minister (Cabinet Office), Shadow Lord President of the Council

To ask the Attorney General, how many security passes giving access to the Law Officers' Departments' premises have been issued in each year since 2010.

Photo of Jeremy Wright Jeremy Wright The Attorney-General

The number of security passes issued each year since 2010 for the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) are:

Year

Passes created

2010

282

2011

227

2012

531

2013

4516

2014

893

2015

5632

2016

1068

The number of security passes issued each year since 2014 for the Government Legal Department (GLD), and HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI) are:

Year

Passes Activated

2014

1396

2015

699

2016

2698

Reliable figures are only available from 2014.

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is currently a tenant of the Canadian High Commission (CHC) who are responsible for the administration of security passes allowing access to their premises. The CHC do not hold a reliable central record detailing the exact number of historical passes issued in each year since the SFO moved into the premises in 2012 and such information could only be provided at a disproportionate cost.

The AGO has issued 11 passes since moving to new office premises in February 2017. Reliable information is not available for prior years when AGO was located at 20 Victoria Street, London.

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