§ Mr. Hicksasked the Attorney-General if he will list the locations of new purpose-built crown courts constructed since 1976 with the cost of each of these projects; and, if new judges' lodging houses had to be built, together with their cost of construction.
§ The Solicitor-General:No new purpose-built permanent courthouses for the crown court have been completed since 1976. There are six under construction. These are:
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Current estimate of total cost of construction (£ million) Burnley 1.5 Leeds 8.2 Leicester align="center">3.5 Liverpool 26.8 Nottingham 9.4 Portsmouth 4.7 counsel to present legal argument for the last three years are as follows:
1976 59 1977 57 1978 63 The Office of the Queen's Proctor is held by the Treasury Solicitor and the Queen's Proctor's staff form an integral part of the Treasury Solicitor's Department. His staff who are engaged on Queen's Proctor's business also carry out Treasury Solicitor duties.
The cost of the Queen's Proctor's staff is therefore not easy to quantify but is approximately as follows:
In most cases some county court accommodation is also included. No new judges' lodgings have been built since 1976.