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Home Office
Press Release
15 November 1999

 

The Cost of Criminal Justice

 

Court proceedings cost on average £2,700 per person according to new Home Office research published today.

"The Cost of Criminal Justice" Home Office Research Findings No.103, a Section 95 publication, for the first time puts a price on court proceedings.

The key findings are:

- magistrates' court proceedings cost on average £550;

- an average magistrates court sentence costs £250 although
sentences imposed at magistrates courts cost £4,950 on average;

- on average Crown Court proceedings cost £8,600;

- the average cost of a Crown Court sentence is £23,900 while the
average cost of a prison sentence imposed is £30,500; and

- the average cost per person proceeded against in all courts
including sentence is £2,700.

 

NOTES FOR EDITORS:

1.    The Homes Office has developed a Flows and Costs model intended to produce cost estimates for court proceedings in collaboration with the Lord Chancellor's Department and Crown Prosecution Service.

2.    Copies are available from Home Office Publications Group on 020 7273 2084.

3.    Under Section 95 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 the Secretary of State shall publish information which enables people engaged in the administration of justice to become aware of the financial implications of their decisions; or which aids those people in avoiding discriminating on the grounds of race or sex or any other improper ground.

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