Crown Prosecution Service

HC Deb 28 October 1994 vol 248 cc897-8W

Mr. Lidington

To ask the Attorney-General what changes he proposes to the Crown Prosecution Service's cash and running costs limits for 1994–95.

The Attorney-General

Yes. The cash limit for the Crown Prosecution Service administration vote, class IX, vote 6 will be reduced by £80,000 from £229,472,000 to £229,392,000. Within this total, the Department's running costs limit will be reduced by £80,000 from £224,472,000 to £224,392,000.

The decrease in the case limit and the running costs limit results from a transfer of funds to the Department of Social Security, class XIII, vote 4. The transfer will permit the Department of Social Security to meet the costs of prosecuting those cases which it has been agreed that it should prosecute in accordance with the criteria set out in R.V. Stafford Magistrates Court ex parte Commissioners of Customs and Excise [1991] 2 All ER 201.