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The CPS is the largest employer of lawyers in the UK, dealing exclusively with criminal prosecutions.

At the end of March 2006, it employed a total of 8, 775 people ; almost a third of which were qualified prosecutors.

They deal with more than 1. 3 million cases annually in the Magistrates ' court and approximately 115, 000 in the Crown Court.

Other staff include Associate Prosecutors, who are not qualified lawyers but are specially trained to review and present limited range of cases in magistrates ' courts, paralegal staff who carry out work required to implement decisions and progress existing cases, and administrative staff who deal with tasks such as tracking the progress of cases, liaising with other agencies, matching incoming material to case files and copying and sending out documents.