Crime contracts for 2010

Update - 23 September 2010

We published from 16 Sept duty rotas for each police station and court duty solicitor scheme for contracts that began on 14 July 2010. These rotas are revised versions of those published in July 2010 and now cover 14 October 2010 to 14 January 2011.

We have reissued these rotas following a review of duty solicitor membership across all schemes. The review confirmed that the majority of schemes did not require significant changes. However in some areas there was a need to correct earlier omissions or reflect new information. We have also considered feedback from providers in response to the earlier publications.

We're issuing the new rotas now, instead of our original date of January 2011, so that slots can be redistributed between providers promptly and to avoid any on-going imbalance. These new rotas will last for the next three months but we will continue to listen to duty scheme members and address any problems if they arise.

The rotas are on the right hand side of this page and are divided alphabetically. Please open the appropriate sheet and scroll down to find the rota you are looking for.

Update - 10 September 2010

We have today published documents which provide an overview of the current working arrangements for police station and magistrates' court duty schemes in England and Wales.

This information has been made available in response to a number of queries raised before the start of the new crime contract on 14 July 2010.

For each police station and magistrates' court scheme the document shows the current rota arrangements that are in place. We intend to update this document at key intervals to reflect any local changes, for example, court closures. An up to date postcode eligibility tool is also available on this page.

Since the contracts went live we've reviewed all of the duty solicitor membership lists. As previously confirmed this review will, in some instances, require individual rotas to be reissued to correct any earlier omissions and / or reflect new information that we have been made aware of.

Rotas that require reissue will be sent to providers by 14 September 2010 and will cover the period from 14 October 2010 until 14 January 2011.

2010 Standard Crime Contracts tender is now closed

The Unified Criminal Contract expired at midnight on 13 July 2010. The tender for the replacement - the 2010 Standard Crime Contract- has now closed. The new contracts run from 14 July 2010 for a three-year term (subject to early termination or extension by up to two years).

Last updated: 22 September 2010