§ Mr. Hoosonasked the Attorney-General what is the estimated increase in the annual cost of operating the legal system following the implementation of the Beeching Report.
§ The Attorney-GeneralIt is not possible to give an exact estimate of the cost of implementing the Beeching Commission's proposals owing to the steadily increasing workload since the Commission reported. But, disregarding capital expenditure on new buildings and costs previously borne by local authorities and now transferred to the Exchequer, the increase in the cost of administration (including the salaries of the additional judges who have been appointed) is estimated at about £1.8 million a year.