Written Question·Attorney General·UIN 123078

Government Legal Department: Barristers

Tabled: 23 March 2026

Answered: 26 March 2026

Question

Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst

Conservative — Solihull West and Shirley

To ask the Solicitor General, how many pupil barristers who undertook pupillage with the Government Legal Department left upon completion in each of the past five years.

Answer

Ellie Reeves

The Government Legal Department’s (GLD) Legal Trainee Scheme lasts for two years in total. Those who join the GLD as pupil barristers qualify as barristers at the end of Year 1 of the Training Scheme (the pupillage period). They then remain on the Trainin...

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