Written question asked by Rob Marris (Labour) on Thursday, 13 April 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 19 April 2017. It was answered by Jeremy Wright (Conservative) on Tuesday, 25 April 2017 on behalf of the Attorney General.

Attorney General: Conditions of Employment

Question: To ask the Attorney General, how many and what proportion of staff employed by the Law Officers' Departments are employed on a contract which is (a) full-time permanent, (b) part-time permanent, (c) for less than two years' duration, (d) on an agency basis and (e) zero-hours.

Answer

The details for parts (c), (d) and (e) of the question are as follows, as at 31 March 2017:

	(c) less than two years' duration	(d) on an agency basis	(e) zero-hours
CPS	185 (3%)	14 (0.2%)	0
AGO	0	0	0
GLD	10 (0.5%)	233 (12.8%)	0
SFO	29 (5.5%)	116 (22.2%)	0
HMCPSI	0	0	0

The proportions in each case are a proportion of the staff employed by that Department.

Secondary information