Advocacy Services Mr. Hayes To ask the Solicitor-General how much purchasing advocacy services from (a) self-employed barristers and (b) in-house services cost in 2005-06. The Solicitor-General In 2005-06 the Law Officers’ Departments spent the following amounts on preparation and presentation in the Crown court and higher courts. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Department |Advocacy services from private sector barristers|In-house advocacy| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Crown Prosecution Service |140.30 |3.36 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Service |15.70 |0.38 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Serious Fraud Office |2.03 |1— | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |1 The Serious Fraud Office does not employ in-house barristers.| | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Treasury Solicitor’s Department (TSol), spent some £14 million on civil advocacy services, most of which is recovered from other Departments, which instructed TSol. It is not possible separately to identify the cost of the small amount of advocacy done by in-house TSol barristers.