HC Deb 04 March 1999 vol 326 cc912-3W
Mr.Burnett

To ask the Attorney-General if he will list the full range of salaries, other payments and benefits to be paid to or provided for Chief Crown Prosecutors. [74123]

The Attorney-General

The table lists the areas in which positions of Chief Crown Prosecutor are available together with the salary range into which each position is categorised. In addition, all permanent appointments are pensionable from the outset under the Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme.

Area Salary Range
London £54,230–£90,400
Greater Manchester £49,130–£ 80,400
West Midlands
West Yorkshire
Hampshire £44,560–£ 71,470
Lancashire
Merseyside
Northumbria
South Wales
Avon & Somerset £40,430–£ 63,490
Cheshire
Cleveland
Derbyshire
Devon & Cornwall
Essex
Humberside
Kent
Leicestershire
Nottinghamshire
South Yorkshire
Staffordshire
Sussex
Thames Valley
West Mercia
Bedfordshire £33,456–£ 54,323
Cambridgeshire
Cumbria
Dorset
Durham
Dyfed-Powys
Gloucestershire
Gwent
Hertfordshire
Lincolnshire
Norfolk
Northamptonshire
North Wales
North Yorkshire
Suffolk
Surrey
Wiltshire
Warwickshire

Mr. Burnett

To ask the Attorney-General how many applicants there have been for the posts of Chief Crown Prosecutor; and how many such applicants have come from(a) the Crown Prosecution Service, (b) solicitors in private practice and (c) barristers in private practice. [74122]

The Attorney-General

The total number of applicants for the posts of Chief Crown Prosecutor was 209, of which:

  • (a)148 were from the Crown Prosecution Service;
  • (b)22 applicants were from solicitors in private practice;
  • (c)13 applicants were from banisters in private practice.

The remaining 26 applicants came from a variety of sources not included in the categories above.

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