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Written question asked by Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (Conservative) on Wednesday, 18 March 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 20 March 2009. It was answered by Lord Coaker (Labour) on Monday, 20 April 2009 on behalf of the Home Office.


Prosecutions: Costs

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent estimate her Department has made of the average cost to a police force of (a) issuing a caution, (b) issuing a penalty notice for disorder and (c) bringing charges.
Answer

The amount of time spent by police officers on issuing a caution, issuing a penalty notice for disorder, or bringing charges is not collected centrally, and there are no general estimates of the average costs to police forces of undertaking these activities.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
491 c223W; 265751
Session
2008-09
Subjects
Costs Prosecutions Per capita costs Alternatives to prosecution
Link
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