Legislative Council Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1) 54 1 Parliament of South Australia Legislative Council published Answers to Questions Crown Solicitor's Office Crown Solicitor's Office The Hon. K.J. MAHER Legislative Council Leader of the Opposition Crown Solicitor's Office 95 The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Leader of the Opposition) (25 October 2018). Can the Attorney-General advise: 1.	Why does the 2018-19 budget project around 50,000 fewer in-house lawyer hours for the Crown Solicitor's Office? 2.	Why does the 2018-19 budget project 5,000 fewer out-posted lawyer hours? Are any agencies losing out-posted lawyers, and if so, which ones? The Hon. R.I. LUCAS Legislative Council Treasurer Crown Solicitor's Office The Hon. R.I. LUCAS (Treasurer): The Attorney-General has provided the following advice: 1. & 2.	The activity indicators published in the budget papers represents two issues; The figures represent the current policy for legal staff to achieve a productivity target of 70% of all available hours to be spent on client legal services (noting however that actual productivity is well over 80%). The reduction in hours also reflects the expected reduction in FTE's as a result of savings allocated prior to, and as part of, the 2018-19 budget.