HC Deb 06 December 1995 vol 268 cc217-8W
Mr. Meacher

To ask the Attorney-General what information he has concerning the progress of inquiries, indictments and prosecutions in the United States of America in cases concerning the collapse of Ferranti/ISC. [4242]

The Solicitor-General

The Serious Fraud Office has been informed by the authorities in the USA that James Guerin was sentenced on 10 June 1992 to 15 years in prison. Since that date six other defendants have entered

(i)Crown Prosecution Service Departmental staff in post by grade and ethnic origin
White Ethnic minorities
Grade Total staff Total returns Number Percentage Number Percentage Percentage return
Grade 1 to 6 254 213 209 98.1 4 1.9 83.9
Grade 7 36 26 26 100.0 0 0.0 72.2
PCP 538 351 340 96.9 11 3.1 65.2
SCP/SLA 587 345 324 93.9 21 6.1 58.8
CP 410 225 207 92.0 18 8.0 54.9
SEO/SI0 116 90 90 100.0 0 0.0 77.6
HEO/LIB 310 249 244 98.0 5 2.0 80.3
LTR 116 34 30 88.2 4 11.8 29.3
EO/SPS/TYPM/SM3 1,189 883 848 96.0 35 4.0 74.3
AO/PS/SGB1 1,276 925 842 91.0 83 9.0 72.5
AA/TYP/SGB2 814 577 525 91.0 52 9.0 70.9
Total 5,646 3,918 3,685 94.1 233 5.9 69.4

  1. 1. The figures for each grade includes staff on temporary promotion.
  2. 2. The figures for grade 1 to 6 were not broken down by individual grades in 1991.

(ii) Crown Prosecution Service Departmental staff in post by grade and ethnic origin
30 September 1995
White Ethnic minorities
Grade Total staff Total returns Number Percentage Number Percentage Percentage return
Grade 1 1 1 1 100.0 0 0.0 100.0
Grade 3 5 5 5 100.0 0 0.0 100.0
Grade 4 13 13 13 100.0 0 0.0 100.0
Grade 5 42 41 40 97.6 1 2.4 97.6
Grade 6 187 175 172 98.3 3 1.7 93.6
Grade 7 44 39 38 97.4 1 2.6 88.6
PCP 545 459 445 96.9 14 3.1 84.2
SCP/SLA 1,255 1,040 950 91.3 90 8.7 82.9
CP 233 203 180 88.7 23 11.3 87.1
SEO/SLA 105 97 97 100.0 0 0.0 92.4
HEO/LIB 297 264 258 97.7 6 2.3 88.9
LTR 102 67 62 92.5 5 7.5 65.7
EO/SPS/TYPM/SM3 1,327 1,207 1,130 93.6 77 6.4 91.0
AO/PS/SGBI 1,430 1,260 1,130 89.7 130 10.3 88.1
AO/TYP/SGB2 964 767 692 90.2 75 9.8 79.6
Total 6,550 5,638 5,213 92.5 425 7.5 86.1

guilty pleas but have yet to be sentenced. Five of those defendants have entered co-operation agreements with the US Government in relation to a trial currently scheduled to commence in January 1996. Other defendants remain outside the jurisdiction of the US courts.