§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the Attorney-General if he will provide for the latest available 12-month period in respect of the Crown prosecution service(a) the total number of lawyers employed, (b) the number of barristers employed, (c) the number of solicitors employed, and (d) the number of cases prosecuted in (i) the magistrates' courts and (ii) the Crown court, (e) the average cost of cases prosecuted in the magistrates' courts, (f) the average cost to the Crown prosecution service, of prosecution in the Crown court excluding counsels fees and (g) the average counsel's fee in Crown court cases; and if he will make a statement.
§ The Attorney-GeneralThe latest 12-month period for which the information requested is available is from January to December 1988. The information requested is as follows:
- (a) 1,539.
- (b) 549.
- (c) 990.
- (d)
- (i) 1,354,000 defendants.
- (ii) 123,000 defendants.
(Records are kept of the number of defendants, rather than the number of cases, prosecuted in each court).
- (e) £47.
- (f) £170.
- (g) £267.