<p>The amount the Crown Prosecution Service has spent on severance costs for departing staff in each year since 2010-11 is shown in the following table:</p><p><table><thead><tr><td valign="top" /><td valign="top"> Severancecosts (£million) <br /></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td valign="top">2010-11<br /></td><td valign="top">8.74<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">2011-12<br /></td><td valign="top">20.71<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">2012-13<br /></td><td valign="top">20.92<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">2013-141<br /></td><td valign="top">3.76<br /></td></tr></tbody><tfoot><tr><td valign="top">12013-14 costs as of 5 September 2013 areprovisional<br /></td></tr></tfoot></table></p>