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Written question asked by Karl Turner (Labour) on Tuesday, 14 July 2015, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 16 July 2015. It was answered by Andrew Selous (Conservative) on Wednesday, 22 July 2015 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.


Public Defender Service: Solicitors

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times Public Defender Service solicitors have been used as a direct result of the work to rule action that began on 1 July 2015; and what the total cost to the public purse has been of the use of such solicitors to date.

Answer

In addition to their routine allocated police station work, PDS attended 21 additional police stations cases between 1 July 2015 - 13 July 2015.

As salaried staff, no additional salary cost will be paid.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
6896
Session
2015-16
Subjects
Costs Solicitors Public Defender Service
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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