§ Sir Nicholas LyellTo ask the Attorney-General what are the salary bands for the Chief Crown Prosecutor for London and for each of the CPS areas. [66573]
The Attorney-GeneralThe salary bands for the 42 Chief Crown Prosecutor posts are linked to the likely job dimension. Relevant factors include anticipated caseload, budget responsibility and numbers of staff. The table sets out in relation to each of the 42 Areas the relevant pay band, together with the estimated bracket for caseload, budget and staff numbers.
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Chief Crown Prosecutors: Job dimensions Area Salary range Likely job dimensions Band 5 London £54,230–90,400 Budget: £50m+ Staff numbers: 800+ Total caseload: 200,000+ Band 4 Greater Manchester £49,130–80,400 Budget: £10–15m West Midlands Staff numbers: 200–300 West Yorkshire Total caseload: 65,000–100,000 Band 3 Merseyside £44,560–71,470 Budget: £6–10m Lancashire Staff numbers: 140–200 Northumbria Total caseload: 40,000–65,000 South Wales Hampshire Band 2 Thames Valley £40,430–63,490 Budget: £2.5–7m South Yorkshire Staff numbers: 65–140 Devon & Cornwall Total caseload: 20,000–50,000 Kent Nottinghamshire Avon & Somerset Essex Cheshire
Chief Crown Prosecutors: Job dimensions Area Salary range Likely job dimensions Staffordshire Leicestershire West Mercia Sussex Humberside Derbyshire Cleveland Band 1 North Yorkshire £33,456–54,323 Budget: £l–3.5m Hertfordshire Staff numbers: 30–65 North Wales Total caseload: 9,000–20,000 Norfolk Gwent Dyfed-Powys Northamptonshire Surrey Cambridgeshire Dorset Durham Cumbria Bedfordshire Suffolk Gloucestershire Lincolnshire Wiltshire Warwickshire
§ Sir Nicholas LyellTo ask the Attorney-General if he will list the Chief Crown Prosecutors for London and the 42 police areas who are currently in post; and if he will list those areas where appointments have not yet been made. [66574]
The Attorney-GeneralAn open competition is at present in progress to select a Chief Crown Prosecutor for each of the proposed 42 CPS areas. Following advertisement in the national and legal press in the week commencing 16 November 1998, a selection board is at present interviewing those candidates selected for interview. Appointments will be offered to the successful candidates at the conclusion of this process and they will be invited to take up their posts in April 1999.