Catherine McKinnell – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Attorney General
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Catherine McKinnell on 2015-11-09.
To ask the Attorney General, how many (a) victim liaison officers and (b) witness care officers were employed by the Crown Prosecution Service in each year since 2010-11.
Robert Buckland
The total number of (a) victim liaison officers and (b) witness care officers that were employed by the Crown Prosecution Service at the end of each year since 2010-11, can be seen in the table below.
|
Victim Liaison [1] |
Witness Care |
|
|
FTE |
FTE |
|
|
2010/11 |
N/A |
182.5 |
|
2011/12 |
N/A |
137.8 |
|
2012/13 |
N/A |
118.5 |
|
2013/14 |
N/A |
89.2 |
|
2014/15 |
44.11 |
76.4 |
Notes:
Data extracted from the CPS HR Database iTrent as at the 31st March in each year. Data may be subject to change due to retrospective changes in the HR database. Data may differ from previously published data due to differing specifications.
There has been a reduction in total staff numbers and the proportion of the workforce that is employed in witness care units from a peak in 2008. Witness care has been dealt with primarily by the joint CPS/police Witness Care Units. However, most of the staff in WCUs are, and have always been, police staff. Witness attendance rates (which are used as a proxy for satisfaction) have remained above 80%.
[1] Dedicated Victim Liaison Units were established by the CPS in 2014
