§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what savings have been achieved in(a) 2000–01 and (b) 2001–02 as a result of her Department's response to the National Audit Office report, "Criminal Justice Working Together". [14926]
§ Ms Rosie WintertonThe National Audit Office report made a number of recommendations on joint working which we welcomed. My Department, in co-operation with the Home Office and Crown Prosecution Service, is pursuing a programme to implement those recommendations and others to improve joint working in the Criminal Justice process. Information is not specifically collected on savings arising from the individual recommendations in the NAO report.