PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Public Defender Service: Solicitors (14 July 2015)

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.

Asked by:
Karl Turner (Labour)

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.

Answered by:
Andrew Selous (Conservative)
22 July 2015