Neil Shastri-Hurst MP: written questions
4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026
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Written questions
Government Legal Department: SolicitorsAttorney GeneralTabled 23 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123079More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, how many trainee solicitors who undertook a training contract with the Government Legal Department left upon completion in each of the past five years.
Answer: The Government Legal Department’s (GLD) Legal Trainee Scheme is a two‑year programme. Accordingly, the year of completion reflects cohorts who began their training contracts two years earlier.The number of trainee solicitors who undertook a training contr...
Answered 26 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordGovernment Legal Department: BarristersAttorney GeneralTabled 23 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123078More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, how many pupil barristers who undertook pupillage with the Government Legal Department left upon completion in each of the past five years.
Answer: The Government Legal Department’s (GLD) Legal Trainee Scheme lasts for two years in total. Those who join the GLD as pupil barristers qualify as barristers at the end of Year 1 of the Training Scheme (the pupillage period). They then remain on the Trainin...
Answered 26 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordCivil ProceedingsAttorney GeneralTabled 23 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123077More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, how many applications to the High Court the Attorney General's Office has made in each of the past five years to designate an individual as a vexatious litigant.
Answer: The Law Officers have made applications to the High Court under s.42 Senior Courts Act 1981 in each of the last five years as follows:2021 – 12022 - none2023 - none2024 – 22025 – 2 (3 further applications lodged with directions/hearing dates pending)These...
Answered 13 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordCrown Prosecution Service: VacanciesAttorney GeneralTabled 14 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105908More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January to Question 103029, on Crown Prosecution Service: Vacancies, how the vacancy rate for Crown Prosecutors as of the end of December 2025 compares the preceding five years, broken down by reg
Answer: The overall vacancy rate for ‘Crown Prosecutors’ across the 14 regional, geographic areas that make up the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is 4.5% (at the end of December 2025). The table below includes the regional breakdown for CPS vacancy rates applica...
Answered 21 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordCrown Prosecution Service: VacanciesAttorney GeneralTabled 5 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 103029More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, what the current vacancy rate is for Crown Prosecutors, broken down by region.
Answer: The overall vacancy rate for ‘Crown Prosecutors’* across the 14 regional, geographic areas that make up the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is 4.5% (at the end of December 2025). The table below includes the regional breakdown for CPS vacancy rates applic...
Answered 13 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordProsecutionsAttorney GeneralTabled 5 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 103028More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, what the average time taken by the Crown Prosecution Service to make a charging decision was in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) holds management information which shows the mean average in calendar days from referral for a charging decision or early advice to the decision to authorise a charge against suspects.This was 46 days in 2024-25, 44 day...
Answered 13 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordProsecutionsAttorney GeneralTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75246More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, how many prosecutions the Crown Prosecution Service has discontinued in the last three years; and for what reasons.
Answer: Management information held by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) shows the number of defendants whose prosecution was dropped by the CPS and the primary reason allocated to the outcome at finalisation.The table below shows the number and proportion of p...
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCrown Prosecution Service: StandardsAttorney GeneralTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75245More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, what the average time taken is from referral to charging decision by the Crown Prosecution Service.
Answer: Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) management information shows that in the most recent 12 months ending March 2025 it took a mean average of 46 calendar days from the first time the CPS received a case, either a request for early advice or a referral for a ...
Answered 12 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCrown Prosecution Service: RecruitmentAttorney GeneralTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75243More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, how many additional prosecutors the Crown Prosecution Service has recruited in each of the last three years.
Answer: The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has recruited the following additional prosecutors in each of the last three years: CPS Prosecutor Full Time Equivalent (FTE) at year endFTE Change on previous year / additional prosecutors recruitedFY 22/233022.5+ 82....
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCrown Prosecution ServiceAttorney GeneralTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75241More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of resources available to the Crown Prosecution Service to meet current case volumes.
Answer: In June, the Chancellor announced a landmark increase of £96m (RDELex) in additional funding for the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) over the spending review period.Through the spending review process, the AGO worked with the CPS and HM Treasury to review...
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAttorney General's Office: Remote WorkingAttorney GeneralTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70042More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, if she will make an estimate of the potential impact of (a) hybrid and (b) remote working in the Law Officers' Departments on costs to those Departments.
Answer: Confidentiality, secure communications and data protectionThe Law Officers’ Departments (LODs) – the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI), Government Legal Department (GLD), and Serious Fraud Office (SFO) – a...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAttorney General's Office: Remote WorkingAttorney GeneralTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70041More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, what methods her Department uses to assess the productivity of staff in the Law Officers' Departments when working from home; and what assessment she has made of the potential impact of remote working on levels of departmenta
Answer: Confidentiality, secure communications and data protectionThe Law Officers’ Departments (LODs) – the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI), Government Legal Department (GLD), and Serious Fraud Office (SFO) – a...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAttorney General's Office: Remote WorkingAttorney GeneralTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70040More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of remote working in the Law Officers’ Department on (a) confidentiality, (b) secure communications and (c) data protection.
Answer: Confidentiality, secure communications and data protectionThe Law Officers’ Departments (LODs) – the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI), Government Legal Department (GLD), and Serious Fraud Office (SFO) – a...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
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