HC Deb 18 December 1996 vol 287 c729W
Mr. Barry Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much public money(a) has been spent and (b) he estimates will be spent in respect of proceedings concerning Ms Alison Halford before (i) the Merseyside police authority, (ii) the industrial tribunal, (iii) the European Commission and (iv) the European Court of Human Rights, distinguishing in each case (1) solicitors' fees, (2) banisters' fees, (3) the cost of the time of other public officials and (4) the costs of the courts and tribunals in the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement. [8862]

Mr. Howard

Part of the information requested is not available, and the rest is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.