HC Deb 14 June 2004 vol 422 c753W
Mr. Grieve

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the extent of his responsibility for the Crown Prosecution Service. [159300]

The Solicitor-General

I have been asked to reply.

The Director of Public Prosecutions is the head of the Crown Prosecution Service and he discharges his functions under the superintendence of the Attorney-General.