§ Mr. OppenheimTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department when the current trial period of the C-LIX court listing information service will come to an end.
Mr. John M. TaylorThe C-LIX court listing field trial has been planned to take place in a number of phases. The first of these, linking the Central Criminal Court to five sets of barristers' chambers, is currently under way. This will be extended in April to include other London Crown court centres and additional sets of chambers. A further phase is planned in which the range of end-users will be increased to include solicitors' firms and interested members of other criminal justice agencies—for example, police and the Prison Service.
The formal end date of the field trial has not yet been fixed, but a full evaluation is expected before the end of this year.