§ Mr. MichaelTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the cost(a) to his Department and (b) to each police force in England and Wales of investigating miscarriages of justice at the request of his Department in each of the last 10 years. [16945]
§ Mr. Nicholas BakerInformation about the staff costs of the section in the Home Office which considers and investigates possible miscarriages of justice is set out in the following table.
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Staff costs £ million 1990 0.31 1991 0.35 1992 0.44 1993 0.53 1994 0.56 The Home Office also incurs other miscellaneous costs including those of transcripts obtained and scientific tests carried out at its request, but no firm figures for these costs are available.
Information about the costs of investigations carried out by police forces is not available in a form which enables miscarriage of justice inquiries to be distinguished from other investigations.