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These awards are made for instant, merit and annual bonuses. Earlier information cannot be provided without incurring disproportionate cost.
In the Treasury Solicitor’s Department, (TSol) staffing records relating to job titles and job descriptions (rather than grade) have only become available since April 2007, since the introduction of a Human Resources Database. Therefore, no information before this date can be provided.
Currently, there are three posts in the Attorney-General’s Office (AGO) press office team (which also performs press office functions on behalf of TSol), two of which are filled by temporary staff. As with other permanent staff, the permanent press office team are eligible to receive bonuses as part of annual performance pay arrangements, with the amounts varying depending on level of performance. For 2007, the bonus amounts in TSol were £200 or £500.
In her Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate and the Revenue and Customs Prosecution Office, no bonuses have been paid.
Departmental Ministerial Policy Advisors
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Solicitor-General whether any special advisers in the Law Officers’ Departments have outside appointments. [185436]
The Solicitor-General: No special advisers are employed in the Law Officers’ Departments.
Departmental Travel
Mr. Jeremy Browne: To ask the Solicitor-General (1) how much the Law Officers’ Departments spent on travel (a) within and (b) outside the UK for officials in each of the last 10 years; and what percentage of the Departments' overall expenditure was spent on such travel in each such year; [181540]
(2) how many overseas visits by officials in the Law Officers’ Department took place in each of the last 10 years; which countries were visited; and how much was spent on such visits in each such year. [181595]
The Solicitor-General: All foreign travel under taken by civil servants is undertaken in accordance with the requirements of the “Civil Service Management Code”.
The information is as follows:
Crown Prosecution Service (CPS)
CPS spent the following amounts on travel (a) within and (b) outside the UK for officials in each of the last 10 years and the table shows the percentage of the Department’s overall expenditure spent on such travel in each of those years.
| Financial year | Within UK (£000) | Outside UK (£000) | Within UK (%) | Outside UK (%) |
For the years 1997-98 to 2003-04 the outside UK figures reflect only overseas travel costs, thereafter the costs of overseas accommodation are also included.
The CPS spent the following amounts on overseas visits in each of the last 10 years.
| Financial year | Amount spent (£000) |
For the years 1997-98 to 2003-04 the figures reflect only overseas travel costs, thereafter the costs of overseas accommodation are also included.
The CPS does not have details of the number of visits made or the countries visited by officials in the last 10 years. From May 2007, the CPS commenced a new contract for the provision of overseas travel, and they do not have access to travel information from the previous supplier. This information could not be provided without disproportionate cost.
Revenue and Customs Prosecution Office (RCPO)
RCPO was created on 18 April 2005.
During 2005-06, £212,255.39 was spent on domestic travel and subsistence, and £18,841.10 was spent on travel outside the UK. These expenditures represented 0.67 per cent. of RCPO’s annual expenditure.
During 2006-07, £323,381.95 was spent on domestic travel and subsistence, and £24,588.78 was spent on travel outside the UK. These expenditures represented 0.92 per cent. of RCPO’s annual expenditure.
During 2005-06, 30 overseas trips were made at a cost of £18,841.10.
During 2006-07, 41 overseas trips were made at a cost of £24,588.78.
Countries visited were: Australia, Austria, Belgium, China, Hong Kong, Denmark, France, Holland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Slovakia, Spain and USA.
The SFO’s officials have spent the following amounts and percentages of the Serious Fraud Office’s overall expenditure on travel within and outside the UK in each of the last 10 years:
| £000 | |||||||||
| 1998-99 | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | |
The SFO does not keep a central register of how many overseas visits its officials undertook nor countries visited. The information could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Treasury Solicitor (includes Attorney - General ’ s Office and HMCPS I)
Expenditure on travel by the Treasury Solicitor’s Department met from public funds for each of the last 10 years has been as follows:
| (a) travel within the UK | (b) travel outside the UK | |||
| Expenditure | % of overall spend | Expenditure | % of overall spend | |
The information is not readily available for 1997-98 and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
The expenditure on overseas travel by the Treasury Solicitor’s Department met from public funds for each of the last 10 years has been as follows:
| £ | |
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