Departmental Higher Education

To ask the Solicitor-General how many staff in the Law Officers' Departments undertook courses funded by the Department for (a) undergraduate degrees, (b) postgraduate degrees or diplomas, (c) Masters degrees, (d) MBA degrees and (e) PhD degrees in the last 12 months, broken down by pay band. (242131)

The table for the Crown Prosecution Service is as follows:

Qualification Type	Pay Band Al	Pay Band A2	Pay Band Bl	Pay Band B2	Pay Band B3	Pay Band CI	Pay Band C2	Pay Band C3	Pay Band C4	Pay Band D	Pay Band E	Pay Band SCS
Undergraduate Degree	8	23	27	19	1	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil
Postgraduate Degree/ Diploma	5	27	32	30	2	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	2	Nil	Nil
Masters Degree	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	1	Nil	1	Nil	Nil
MBA Degree	Nil
PHD Degree	Nil

The table for the Serious Fraud Office is as follows:

Qualification Type	Pay Band EO	Pay Band HEO	Pay Band SEO
Undergraduate Degree	Nil	Nil	Nil
Postgraduate Degree/ Diploma	8	1	3
Masters Degree	Nil	Nil	Nil
MBA Degree	Nil	Nil	Nil
PHD Degree	Nil	Nil	Nil

The table for the Revenue Customs and Prosecutions Office is as follows:

Qualification Type	Pay Band AO	Pay Band EO	Pay Band HEO	Pay Band SEO
Undergraduate Degree	Nil	2	Nil	Nil
Postgraduate Degree/ Diploma	1	13	1	Nil
Masters Degree	Nil	Nil	1	Nil
MBA Degree	Nil	Nil	Nil	1
PHD Degree	Nil

The table for the Treasury Solicitor's Department is as follows:

Qualification Type	Pay Band AO	Pay Band PS	Pay Band EO	Pay Band HEO	Pay Band SEO	Pay Band 7
Undergraduate Degree	1	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil
Postgraduate Degree/ Diploma	6	1	2	Nil	Nil	Nil
Masters Degree	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	3
MBA Degree	Nil
PHD Degree	Nil

Two members of staff have been funded by HMCPSI for an MBA degree in the last 12 months. They are both Grade 7.

Volume 485: debated on Thursday 18 December 2008