§ Mr. Soleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the number and proportion of prisoners held on rule 43 in the Prison Department's south-east region at the end of October in 1976, 1985 and 1986 respectively.
§ Mr. Mellor[pursuant to his reply, 19 December 1986, c. 734–5]: Figures for 1976 are not available. The information requested for the years 1985–86 is as follows:
if he will give a breakdown of the total cost between (i) travel and subsistence of witnesses, (ii) fees to counsel, (iii) fees to solicitors and (iv) other legal expenses.
The Attorney-GeneralI shall break down the total cost to public funds to date of the court action in Australia into 255W two categories: the first, travelling and subsistence for officials, is approximately £55,000; the second, legal fees, is approximately £115,000.