§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Solicitor-General what assessment she has made of regional variations in staff turnover in her Department. [112759]
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§ The Solicitor-General[holding answer 14 May 2003]:
The Legal Secretariat to the Law Officers
The Legal Secretariat to the Law Officers is based in London and has no regional staff.
Crown Prosecution Service
The Crown Prosecution Service does not consider the staff turnover in the majority of its regional areas to be sufficiently significant to justify detailed analysis. Consequently, the Crown Prosecution Service has not carried out a regional assessment of turnover. However, plans are being made to examine more closely the effect of staff turnover in particular areas in conjunction with the Government's request to look at the need for differentiated pay according to geographic location.
Serious Fraud Office
None. All Serious Fraud Office staff are based in Central London.
HM Crown Prosecution Service Directorate
HM Crown Prosecution Service Directorate has not carried out any precise assessments relating to staff turnover regionally. The Inspectorate currently employs 44 members of staff based in London and York.
Staffing strategy means that many posts are filled by individuals on loan from other Government Departments. A significant proportion of 'turnover', therefore, relates to individuals returning to their Departments after their loan period has expired, and so any assessment of regional variations is unlikely to be of any benefit.
Treasury Solicitor's Department
None, as only 12 of the Agency's staff are based outside London.