HC Deb 01 December 1993 vol 233 cc626-7W
Mr. Meacher

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the total expenditure of his Department on promoting the rights of suspects under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 since the coming into force of the Act and for each subsequent year.

Mr. Charles Wardle

The approximate expenditure incurred in distributing to police forces new or revised versions of the codes of practice required under section 66 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 and notices to detained persons required under paragraph 3.2 of code C was as follows:

£
1985 33,700
1986 2,000
1988 14,600
1991 138,300
1992 1
1 No expenditure.