HC Deb 24 October 2002 vol 391 cc476-7W
Mr. Andrew Turner

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if he will list the schemes and initiatives sponsored by his Department and its agencies which are not the subject of national roll out, showing(a) the authorities or areas covered by the scheme and (b) the budget of the scheme in the last year for which information is available. [75673]

Ms Rosie Winterton

The schemes and initiatives sponsored by LCD, its agencies and the Public Record Office are set out in the table below.

Initiative Area Budget
East Midlands £831,472
Eastern £1,040,455
Merseyside £1,386,597 Capital (revenue)
Exhibit (AR* p.22) Chelmsford, Basildon and Southend £1.2M(£1.7M)
Digital Audio Recording (AR p.23) Doncaster, Bournemouth and Snaresbrook £1M (£500K)
Electronic Presentation of Evidence (AR p.23) Leeds, Birmingham, Bristol, Blackfriars, Liverpool, Manchester, Kingston, Southwark, Central London £2.1M(£200K)
Video Conferencing Crown Court (AR p.23) Hampshire, Lewes/Hove, North West (£800K)
Flexible Plea and Directions (AR p.23) Preston, Newcastle & Middlesex Guildhall (£130K)
PREMA E-mail applications (AR p.27) Preston £65K
Virtual PDH Manchester (£190K)
Business Centre (AR p.27) Walsall £1.5M(£600K)
Information Kiosk (AR p.28) including Crown Court websites (AR p.22) Telford, Ipswich, Chester, Kingston, Mold, Southwark Crown Courts, Bournemouth Combined Court £150K(£100K)
Extended Magistrates' Court Sitting Hours London and Manchester (£0.8M)
Pilot of a regionalised Court of Protection in Preston, enabling hearings to be dealt with locally rather than in London North and North west England Cost has been absorbed into normal running costs
Public Record Office
Profile—raising campaign aimed at PRO's local community. Aim to increase understanding of PRO and how the local community can use it. Campaign involved production and distribution of information leaflet. Richmond, Barnes, Kew, Chiswick, Brentford, Acton, Ealing. 2002–2003 111,428.05 (printing, design, distribution of leaflet)

Note:

* AR = Court Annual Report 2001–2002—HC 1187