Application information for legal trainee (barrister), legal trainee (solicitor), paralegal officer, paralegal assistant, administrative officers, and casework assistant positions with the CPS
Request
Please provide the following numbers for the last three years:
- Number of applications for the positions of legal trainee (barrister), legal trainee (solicitor), paralegal officer, paralegal assistant, administrative officers, and casework assistant.
- Number of offers made for the above-mentioned positions.
Response
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does hold information falling within the scope of your request.
We therefore attach two Excel spreadsheets labelled ‘13422 (PO) DATA’ and ‘13422 DATA’.
In relation to the ‘13422 (PO) DATA’, this data set covers Paralegal Officers only for the time period requested. Part of this data set is however caveated and can be noted in the 2025 year ‘notes’, this campaign is still on-going.
‘13422 DATA’ deals with all the other remaining job roles as per your request.