To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of the additional costs to voluntary organisations (a) in the United Kingdom and (b) in Suffolk of the Criminal Records Bureau's increase in standard and enhanced disclosure fees. [120415]

I refer the hon. Member to the reply which I gave the hon. Member for Sutton and Cheam (Mr. Burstow) on 26 June 2003, Official Report, column 918W.

Magistrates courts data	April to June 2002	July to September 2002	October to December 2002
(a) Total number of trials listed	45,431	46,179	45,608
(b) Number of trials vacated before the trial date	4,697	5,476	4,893
(c) Number of trials vacated before the hearing date because the prosecution were not ready for trial	305	392	338
(d) Trials vacated before the hearing date because the prosecution were not ready for trial as percentage of total trials listed	0.67	0.85	0.74

There is no similar joint scheme presently in existence across Crown court centres. Work is presently being undertaken between the Crown Prosecution Service and Department of Constitutional Affairs to develop a common scheme for implementation later this year. Pilot schemes have been undertaken in Dorset, Surrey and London since March 2003 with promising results.