Mr Thomas: To ask the Attorney-General how many and what proportion of senior civil servants have left the Law Officers' Departments since May 2010; what the rate of turnover of senior civil servants has been in the Law Officers' Departments since May 2010; and if he will make a statement.

The Solicitor-General (Oliver Heald): The information requested is contained in the following table:

Department                                    SCS who left the department       Overall rate of turnover

                                                     since May 2010 (2)                     (Percentage) (3)

Treasury Solicitor's Department (1)   11                                             39

SFO                                               9                                              83.48

CPS                                               20                                            115.8

(1 )Includes AGO and HMCPSI data as TSol fulfil the personnel functions for both organisations. (2) Includes those transferring to other Government Departments, or other public bodies or those regarding. (3 )Turnover defined as the number of SCS leavers (headcount) in the period expressed as a percentage of the average headcount of SCS staff during the period.