Fabian Hamilton: To ask the Attorney-General what the cost to the public purse was of the prosecution of Lindis Percy in April 2012 at Harrogate Magistrates' Court.

The Solicitor-General (Oliver Heald): The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not operate a time recording system on individual cases but assesses cost through an activity-based costing model. Using this model, the estimated cost to the CPS of prosecuting Lindis Percy was £875. This costing is not specific to the case but is based on data produced on the indicative average cost for each defendant involved in a summary trial at the magistrates court. An uplift has been applied to take account of the higher than average number of hearings in this case and the length of the trial