Written question asked by Colin Pickthall (Labour) on Wednesday, 23 February 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 22 March 2005. It was answered by Baroness Harman (Labour) on Tuesday, 22 March 2005 on behalf of the Solicitor General.

Solicitor-General

Question: To ask the Solicitor General, how many complaints were received by her Department about decisions of the Crown Prosecution Service in 2004.

Answer: Mr. Pickthall: To ask the Solicitor-General how many complaints were received by her Department about decisions of the Crown Prosecution Service in 2004. [218708] The Solicitor-General: The Legal Secretariat to the Law Officers established a correspondence unit on 1 November 2004 to handle the large amount of correspondence it receives. It is not possible to ascertain with any degree of accuracy what proportion of the correspondence received relates to complaints about CPS decisions. Individual files would have to be checked for content which would incur disproportionate costs.

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