§ Mr. RowlandsTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what was the amount transferred from Mid Glamorgan to the Gwent magistrates' courts following the change in boundaries; and how much of that money has been spent to date and upon which projects. [6836]
§ Mr. HoonThe South Wales and Gwent Magistrates' Courts Committees notified the Lord Chancellor's Department in February 1997 that the amount required to be transferred from the South Wales Magistrates' Courts Committee to the Gwent Magistrates' Courts Committee in respect of the transfer of the Upper and Lower Rhmney Valley Petty Sessional Division areas from the former Mid Glamorgan Magistrates' Courts Committee to the Gwent Magistrates' Courts Committee should be £456,805 for 1996–97 and £460,072 for 1997–98. No information is held nationally on how much of that transfer has been spent to date or how it has been spent.