Simon Hart
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice on how many occasions his Department has, following an order of the Crown Court, paid money out of public funds to (a) the RSPCA and (b) defendants prosecuted by the RSPCA in the last five years; and what amount was paid on each such occasion.
[Official Report, 12 June 2013, Vol. 564, c. 370W.]
Letter of correction:
An error has been identified in the written answer given to the hon. Member for Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire (Simon Hart) on 12 June 2013. The answer should have been from Jeremy Wright.
The full answer given was as follows:
Jeremy Wright
The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) does not record whether the prosecuting authority is the RSPCA. I can confirm that the LAA does not fund prosecutions, including those carried out by the RSPCA.