HC Deb 26 January 1996 vol 270 c401W
Mr. Gordon Prentice

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what number and percentage of the English Bar are Queen's Counsel. [10869]

Mr. Jonathan Evans

At 1 October 1995, there were 891 Queen's Counsel in practice at the English Bar. This comprises 10.48 per cent. of all barristers in private practice.