To ask the Attorney-General how many additional judges he has appointed in the East Anglian region; what additional court rooms and related resources and staff have been provided to support them; and at what cost.

In the period 1 January 1988 to 31 December 1988 the number of judges assigned to the Chelmsford courts administrator's group within the south eastern circuit increased by two. The salary of a circuit judge is £48,100. During the same period, a combined court centre was opened in Norwich, being a net addition of one courtroom at a cost of a little more than £7 million. There has been no change in the complement of staff.