asked the Attorney-General what was the cost to public funds of the trial of the five Humberside police officers recently acquitted at York Crown court of offences relating to the possession of controlled drugs and incitement.

I regret that this information is not yet available.

asked the Attorney-General why the Director of Public Prosecutions decided to prosecute in the case of the five Humberside police officers recently acquitted at York Crown court for offences relating to the possession of controlled drugs and incitement.

The Director of Public Prosecutions decided to prosecute having taken the opinion of leading and junior counsel. The case was committed for trial after a full hearing by a stipendary magistrate. The learned trial judge ruled in reply to a submission by the defendants at the close of the prosecution case that there was a case to go before the jury.