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Mr. Garnier: To ask the Solicitor-General what professional qualifications or skills are required of a Crown Prosecution Service area business manager. [305439]
The Solicitor-General: The Crown prosecution Service (CPS) requires its Area Business Managers (ABMs) to meet the leadership, core and professional skills requirements specified by the Professional Skills for Government (PSG) frameworks. We do not currently require further formal professional qualifications from staff to fill these roles. All ABMs are encouraged to undertake external accredited learning, such as Diplomas from the Institute of Leadership and Management. They are also required to maintain their finance, procurement, risk and performance management skills throughout the year, through a programme of learning and development.
Mr. Garnier: To ask the Solicitor-General how much the Crown Prosecution Service (a) spent and (b) allocated for the purposes of equality and diversity services in each of the last five years. [305440]
The Solicitor-General: The following table shows how much the Crown Prosecution Service has (a) spent and (b) allocated for the purposes of equality and diversity services in each of the last five years.
| £ million | ||
| Total E and D budget allocated | Total E and D expenditure | |
Mr. Garnier: To ask the Solicitor-General how much the Crown Prosecution Service spent on transporting to and from court at all stages prior to the conclusion of a trial defendants who had been arrested under bench warrants not backed for bail in each of the last five years. [305441]
The Solicitor-General: The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has no role in the transportation of those accused of offences at any stage of legal proceedings.
Mr. Garnier: To ask the Solicitor-General how many diversity and equality managers have been employed by the Crown Prosecution Service in (a) London and (b) each of its 42 regional offices in each of the last five years; and at what cost such managers were employed in each such year. [305442]
The Solicitor-General: From 2004 to 2007 the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) employed 10 Equality and Diversity Managers, one representing each of the 10 regional Service Centre groups, which included London. From 2007 to date, there have been two Equality and Diversity managers employed in London and 14 in the remaining parts of England and Wales, aligned to the CPS Group structure. The costs for employing such managers in 2004-05 were £319,230, in 2005-06 £320,770, in 2006-07 £321,660, in 2007-08 £458,724 and in 2008-09 £601,952.
Mr. Garnier: To ask the Solicitor-General how many disciplinary rulings have been made against Crown Prosecution Service staff in (a) London and (b) each of its 42 regional offices in each of the last five years. [305446]
The Solicitor-General: The number of Crown Prosecution Service staff dismissed for cause in each of the last five years is detailed in the following table. The CPS has not made any member of staff redundant over this period.
| Number of Crown Prosecution Service staff dismissed for cause, 9 December 2009 | |||||
| 2008-09 | 2007-08 | 2006-07 | 2005-06 | 2004-05 | |
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