§ Mrs. Curtis-ThomasTo ask the Solicitor-General how many cases were handled by each lawyer per year,
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CPS Cases by Count Type and by Lawyer 1999–2000 Cases finalised by Court Type Lawyers @ 30.9.1999 Crown % of total Per lawyer Magistrates % of total Per lawyer Total Per lawyer 42 Areas 1,769.4 124,348 7.98 70 1,434,194 92.02 811 1,558,612 881 P01—Avon & Somerset 44.3 3,289 0.21 74 37,025 91.67 836 40,388 912 P02—Bedfordshire 17.0 1,052 0.07 62 11,652 91.27 685 12,766 751 P03—Cambridgeshire 16.1 1,444 0.09 90 17,772 92.06 1,104 19,306 1,199 P04—Cheshire 31.5 2,258 0.14 72 23,297 90.91 739 25,627 813 P06—Cleveland 23.5 1,748 0.11 74 21,255 92.10 905 23,077 983 P07—Cumbria 21.4 983 0.06 46 16,362 94.08 764 17,391 812 P08—Derbyshire 29.6 2,404 0.15 81 29,990 89.41 708 23,475 792 P09—Devon & Cornwall 37.4 2,545 0.16 68 30,369 92.08 812 32,982 882 P10—Dorset 15.3 1,257 0.08 82 13,713 91.10 896 15,052 984 P11—Durham 19.0 1,434 0.09 75 18,888 92.60 994 20,397 1,074 P12—Dyfed-Powys 15.8 848 0.05 54 15,190 94.40 961 16,092 1,018 P13—Essex 36.4 2,936 0.19 81 29,236 90.65 803 32,253 886 P14—Gloucestershire 15.4 975 0.06 63 16,568 94.10 1.074 17,606 1,142 P15—Greater Manchester 117.7 7,600 0.49 65 97,430 92.71 828 105,095 893 P16—Gwent 23.5 1,514 0.10 64 20,370 92.81 867 21,948 934 P17—Hampshire 50.7 4,181 0.27 82 43,333 91.04 854 47,596 938 P18—Hertfordshire 24.8 1,676 0.11 68 18,813 91.52 758 20,557 829 P19—Humberside 26.9 2,140 0.14 79 24,212 91.60 899 26,431 981 P20—Kent 39.7 3,037 0.19 77 35,507 91.94 895 38,621 974 P21—Lancashire 66.8 4,169 0.27 62 60,378 93.45 904 64,609 967 P22—Leicestershire 26.9 2,320 0.15 86 23,497 90.71 872 25,903 962 P23—Lincolnshire 18.9 918 0.06 49 15,674 94.19 830 16,641 881 P24—Merseyside 68.2 4,122 0.26 60 49,422 92.20 724 53,604 786 P25—Metropolitan & City 265.2 18,484 1.19 70 175,372 90.43 661 193,925 731 P26—Norfolk 24.4 1,492 0.10 61 19,607 92.66 802 21,160 886 P27—Northamptonshire 14.4 1,334 0.09 93 14,118 90.82 982 15,545 1,082 P28—Northumbria 62.4 4,194 0.27 67 5,498 92.87 889 59,759 958 P29—North Wales 27.1 1,062 0.07 39 18,584 94.41 685 19,685 726 P30—North Yorkshire 23.0 1,391 0.09 60 19,134 92.95 830 20,585 893 P31—Nottinghamshire 47.2 3,856 0.25 82 31,089 88.76 658 35,027 741 P32—South Wales 59.2 3,919 0.25 66 45,594 92.12 787 59,579 855 P33—South Yorkshire 43.6 4,424 0.28 101 38,181 89.40 875 42,706 979 P34—Staffordshire 36.5 2,407 0.15 66 32,325 92.89 887 34,798 955 P35—Suffolk 17.6 1,298 0.08 74 13,827 90.97 786 15,199 864 P36—Surrey 22.1 1,082 0.07 49 17,850 94.04 809 18,982 860 P37—Sussex 37.4 2,275 0.15 61 28,458 92.41 762 30,794 824 P38—Thames Valley 53.0 2,479 0.16 47 43,403 94.50 819 45,929 866 P39—Warwickshire 12.0 695 0.04 58 9,258 92.48 770 10,011 832 P40—West Mercia 32.6 1,850 0.12 57 26,982 93.40 826 28,889 885 P41—West Midlands 102.2 8,404 0.54 82 83,135 90.74 813 91,621 896 P42—West Yorkshire 86.4 8,109 0.52 94 85,817 91.28 993 94,020 1,088 P43—Wiltshire 16.0 743 0.05 46 14,009 94.67 876 14,798 925 in each region, since the inception of the CPS; and of these cases how many were cases for the (a) magistrates' court and (b) Crown court, expressed as a percentage of total cases and as an absolute figure. [35946]
§ The Solicitor-General[holding answer 14 February 2002]: It is not possible to provide information about the numbers of cases handled by lawyers since the inception of the CPS in 1986 without incurring disproportionate costs.
The tables show absolute and percentage figures of finalised cases for each year since April 1999 when the CPS restructured into 42 Areas. The tables also show the total number of cases finalised by court type for each financial year, the number of lawyers in post at 30 September (the midpoint of each financial year) as well as the number of cases notionally handled by each lawyer.
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CPS Cases by Count Type and by Lawyer 2000–01 Cases finalised by Court Type Lawyers @ 30.9.2000 Crown % of total Per lawyer Magistrates % of total Per lawyer Total Per lawyer 42 Areas 1,739.8 115,732 7.87 67 1,354,713 92.13 779 1,470,445 845 P01—Avon & Somerset 41.0 2,961 0.20 72 32,032 91.54 781 34,993 854 P02—Bedfordshire 16.0 960 0.07 60 10,787 91.83 674 11,747 734 P03—Cambridgeshire 17.8 1,363 0.09 76 13,073 90.56 734 14,436 810 P04—Cheshire 30.2 3,149 0.15 71 23,089 91.49 764 25,238 835 P06—Cleveland 21.8 1,746 0.12 80 20,107 92.01 922 21,853 1,002 P07—Cumbria 23.0 1,170 0.08 51 13,848 92.21 601 15,018 652 P08—Derbyshire 26.2 2,487 0.17 95 19,459 88.67 744 21,946 839 P09—Devon & Cornwall 36.9 2,193 0.15 59 29,033 92.98 787 31,226 846 P10—Dorset 14.0 1,069 0.07 76 13,959 92.89 998 15,028 1,075 P11—Durham 22.0 1,285 0.09 58 15,778 92.47 716 17,063 774 P12—Dyfed-Powys 19.4 722 0.05 37 13,660 94.98 703 14,382 741 P13—Essex 34.8 2,261 0.15 65 25,625 91.89 736 27,886 801 P14—Gloucestershire 15.4 763 0.05 49 14,342 94.95 930 15,105 980 P15—Greater Manchester 117.5 7,426 0.51 63 93,291 92.63 794 100,717 857 P16—Gwent 22.5 1,266 0.09 56 21,529 94.45 957 22,795 1,013 P17—Hampshire 49.5 3,975 0.27 80 43,277 91.59 875 47,252 955 P18—Hertfordshire 22.8 1,460 0.10 64 19,344 92.98 847 20,804 911 P19—Humberside 28.6 1,877 0.13 66 22,942 92.44 801 24,819 867 P20—Kent 39.8 2,948 0.20 74 32,160 91.60 809 35,108 883 P21—Lancashire 60.8 3,908 0.27 64 57,800 93.67 951 61,708 1,015 P22—Leicestershire 28.0 2,183 0.15 78 22,400 91.12 799 24,583 877 P23—Lincolnshire 18.3 961 0.07 53 15,829 94.28 866 16,790 919 P24—Merseyside 67.6 4,301 0.29 64 48,467 91.85 717 52,768 781 P25—Metropolitan & City 252.6 17,014 1.16 67 162,316 90.51 643 179,330 710 P26—Norfolk 22.8 1,415 0.10 62 18,245 92.80 799 19,660 861 P27—Northamptonshire 16.6 1,089 0.07 66 15,532 93.45 935 16,621 1,000 P28—Northumbria 68.0 3,948 0.27 58 53,527 93.13 788 57,475 846 P29—North Wales 24.3 1,089 0.07 45 17,059 94.00 701 18,148 746 P30—North Yorkshire 23.5 1,351 0.09 57 15,774 92.11 671 17,125 728 P31—Nottinghamshire 44.0 3,242 0.22 74 31,185 90.58 709 34,427 782 P32—South Wales 58.8 3,306 0.22 56 46,641 93.38 793 49,947 849 P33—South Yorkshire 45.7 4,244 0.29 93 36,531 89.59 800 40,775 893 P34—Staffordshire 33.6 2,235 0.15 66 28,810 92.80 856 31,045 923 P35—Suffolk 16.6 1,058 0.07 64 12,692 92.31 764 13,750 827 P36—Surrey 17.6 963 0.07 55 15,265 94.07 866 16,228 921 P37—Sussex 35.6 2,329 0.16 65 27,220 92.12 764 29,549 829 P38—Thames Valley 50.1 2,348 0.16 47 38,010 94.18 759 40,358 806 P39—Warwickshire 12.0 602 0.04 50 8,935 93.69 743 9,537 793 P40—West Mercia 30.8 1,933 0.13 63 27,569 93.45 896 29,502 959 P41—West Midlands 107.9 8,925 0.61 83 82,839 90.27 768 91,764 851 P42—West Yorkshire 89.1 6,565 0.45 74 81,482 92.54 914 88,047 988 P43—Wiltshire 16.0 642 0.04 40 13,250 95.38 828 13,892 868 1530W1531W
CPS Cases by Count Type and by Lawyer 2001–02 (to December 2001 only) Cases finalised by Court Type Lawyers @ 30.9.2001 Crown % of total Per lawyer Magistrates % of total Per lawyer Total Per lawyer 42 Areas 1,817.6 83,417 7.65 46 1,006,595 92.35 554 1,090,012 600 P01—Avon & Somerset 48.4 1,907 0.17 39 22,435 92.17 463 24,342 503 P02—Bedfordshire 16.8 664 0.06 39 8,626 92.85 513 9,290 552 P03—Cambridgeshire 18.8 954 0.09 51 9,086 90.50 483 10,040 533 P04—Cheshire 37.0 1,401 0.13 38 15,697 91.81 424 17,098 462 P06—Cleveland 22.9 1,435 0.13 63 15,683 91.62 684 17,118 747 P07—Cumbria 22.4 821 0.08 37 10,365 92.66 462 11,186 499 P08—Derbyshire 27.7 1,854 0.17 67 14,667 88.78 530 16,521 597 P09—Devon & Cornwall 39.1 1,684 0.15 43 19,291 91.97 493 20,975 536 P10—Dorset 17.0 664 0.06 39 9,414 93.41 554 10,078 594 P11—Durham 24.1 1,177 0.11 49 11,818 90.94 491 12,995 540 P12—Dyfed Powys 21.4 569 0.05 27 9,853 94.54 460 10,422 487 P13—Essex 39.6 1,477 0.14 37 19,306 92.89 487 20,783 524 P14—Gloucestershire 16.2 608 0.06 37 11,057 94.79 681 11,665 719 P15—Greater Manchester 120.6 5,376 0.49 45 68,580 92.73 569 73,956 613 P16—Gwent 28.3 1,016 0.09 36 14,590 93.49 515 15,606 551 P17—Hampshire 48.7 2,623 0.24 54 28,112 91.47 577 30,735 631 P18—Hertfordshire 25.0 1,246 0.11 50 14,633 92.15 584 15,879 634 P19—Humberside 28.8 1,356 0.12 47 16,627 92.46 577 17,983 624 P20—Kent 45.8 1,965 0.18 43 23,563 92.30 514 25,528 557 P21—Lancashire 67.9 2,979 0.27 44 39,455 92.98 581 42,434 625 P22—Leicestershire 28.7 1,560 0.14 54 16,989 91.59 591 18,549 645 P23—Lincolnshire 16.2 610 0.06 38 14,690 96.01 909 15,300 947 P24—Merseyside 68.7 3,344 0.31 49 30,972 90.26 451 34,316 500 P25—Metropolitan & City 247.3 12,923 1.19 52 125,398 90.66 507 138,321 559 P26—Norfolk 24.2 891 0.08 37 13,635 93.87 564 14,526 600 P27—Northamptonshire 17.8 670 0.06 38 11,738 94.60 661 12,408 698
CPS Cases by Court Type and by Lawyer 2001–02 (to December 2001 only) Cases finalised by Court Type Lawyers @ 30.9.2001 Crown % of total Per lawyer Magistrates % of total Per lawyer Total Per lawyer P28—Northumbria 69.5 2,842 0.26 41 38,390 93.11 552 41,232 593 P29—North Wales 21.4 810 0.07 38 13,011 94.14 609 13,821 647 P30—North Yorkshire 22.8 758 0.07 33 11,212 93.67 492 11,970 526 P31—Nottinghamshire 47.2 2,259 0.21 48 20,730 90.17 439 22,989 487 P32—South Wales 62.2 2,654 0.24 43 32,414 92.43 521 35,068 563 P33—South Yorkshire 41.7 3,351 0.31 80 26,703 88.85 640 30,054 720 P34—Staffordshire 35.5 1,405 0.13 40 19,907 93.41 561 21,312 600 P35—Suffolk 20.0 691 0.06 34 9,683 93.34 483 10,374 518 P36—Surrey 18.8 841 0.08 45 12,173 93.54 647 13,014 691 P37—Sussex 40.0 1,842 0.17 46 20,134 91.62 504 21,976 550 P38—Thames Valley 54.3 1,682 0.15 31 42,047 96.15 774 43,729 805 P39—Warwickshire 10.0 457 0.04 46 7,232 94.06 721 7,689 767 P40—West Mercia 32.7 1,286 0.12 39 20,764 94.17 634 22,050 673 P41—West Midlands 111.4 6,510 0.60 58 64,898 90.88 582 71,408 641 P42—West Yorkshire 92.0 3,800 0.35 41 60,612 94.10 659 64,412 700 P43—Wiltshire 18.2 455 0.04 25 10,405 95.81 572 10,860 597