HC Deb 09 May 2000 vol 349 c343W
Mr. Hurst

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if he will make a statement on the costs of administering the magistrates courts in England and Wales in each year from 1995 to 1999. [R] [121024]

Jane Kennedy

The gross revenue costs of administering the magistrates courts are as follows:

Year £ million
1995–96 330
1996–97 330
1997–98 325
1998–99 328
1999–2000 1333
1 Projected