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Mr. Fraser
To ask the Attorney-General for the last five years for which figures arc available what has been the cost of legal aid for criminal cases in the Crown court (a) in total, (b) paid to solicitors and (c) paid to counsel.
The Attorney-General
The information requested is as follows:
| £ million | |||
| Amounts paid to solicitors | Amounts paid to counsel | Total paid | |
| 1985–86 | 36·360 | 38·932 | 75·292 |
| 1986–87 | 42·601 | 49·226 | 91·827 |
| 1987–88 | 47·591 | 52·494 | 100·086 |
| 1988–89 | 52·591 | 66·706 | 119·297 |
| 1989–90 | 159·193 | 75·762 | 134·956 |
| 1 Provisional figures. | |||