THURROCK MP, Jackie Doyle-Price rose on the floor of the House to ask the solicitor-general a question regarding redundancy payments.

Jackie Doyle-Price (Thurrock, Conservative)

To ask the Attorney-General how many staff in the Law Officers’ Departments were made redundant in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13; and how many such staff received payments in lieu of notice.

Oliver Heald (Solicitor General; North East Hertfordshire, Conservative)

In 2010-11 there were two individuals in the Crown Prosecution Service who were made compulsorily redundant and received payments in lieu of notice. There were no compulsory redundancies in 2011-12 or in 2012-13.

There were no compulsory redundancies in the remaining Law Officers’ Departments during the years in question.