❓ A parliamentary question seeks information regarding the Director of Public Prosecutions' funding requests and the impact of funding shortages on the office's services, specifically indictment timeliness and case preparation.
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(b) on what date did the Director of Public Prosecutions first request additional funding and for what purposes did the Director request the funding; and (c) what services suffered in the meantime as a result of the lack of funding at the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions?
(c) what services suffered in the meantime as a result of the lack of funding at the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions?
(c) the principal services to suffer were the timeliness within which indictments were presented to the courts and the allocation of resources to the early consideration and preparation of cases.
(c) what services suffered in the meantime as a result of the lack of funding at the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions?
(c) the principal services to suffer were the timeliness within which indictments were presented to the courts and the allocation of resources to the early consideration and preparation of cases.
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Answered
11 October 2005
Response time
28 days
(a) No.
(b) The Director sought additional funding on 10 September 2004 to enable his office to accommodate additional demands on his budget in light of then recent and anticipated changes in District Court listing practices, to enable him to respond to an expected increase in judicial resources in 2005, to manage a then recent public service pay increase and to make payments to creditors.;
(c) the principal services to suffer were the timeliness within which indictments were presented to the courts and the allocation of resources to the early consideration and preparation of cases.
(b) The Director sought additional funding on 10 September 2004 to enable his office to accommodate additional demands on his budget in light of then recent and anticipated changes in District Court listing practices, to enable him to respond to an expected increase in judicial resources in 2005, to manage a then recent public service pay increase and to make payments to creditors.;
(c) the principal services to suffer were the timeliness within which indictments were presented to the courts and the allocation of resources to the early consideration and preparation of cases.
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