§ Mr. Tony BanksTo ask the Attorney-General if he now has information relating to fees claimed by prosecuting counsel and defence costs payable out of the legal aid fund for each of the trials associated with alleged football violence which have been abandoned in the current year.
§ The Attorney-GeneralThe fees payable to prosecuting counsel in these cases have not yet been finally assessed. Defence costs are determined by an officer of the Crown Court upon receipt of the lawyers' claims for fees. A number of claims have been received, but not all, so these fees also have not yet been finally assessed.