The cost of vaccine purchase is commercially confidential. However, at the end of the programme we hope to be able to give an aggregate cost for the whole programme including vaccine purchase, distribution, implementation, information and publicity. The report by His Honour Gerald Butler QC was delivered on 14 April. In the event, it is possible to make the report available in full, and the Attorney-General has therefore today lodged a copy of the report in the Libraries of both Houses, together with a copy of the Government's response. All the recommendations made to the Attorney-General in the report which are capable of acceptance immediately have been accepted.
Further work is required by other recommendations and such work is being set in hand.
With the agreement of the Chairman of Customs and Excise Commissioners, His Honour John Gower QC, assisted by Sir Anthony Hymenoid KCB QC, has agreed to carry out an immediate review of the role of Customs as a prosecuting authority. The Attorney-General anticipates receiving this report by the end of October this year. To ask the Solicitor-General what targets he has set the Crown Prosecution Service in respect of the number and duration of adjournments in magistrates courts proceedings. Adjournments may be caused by a combination of factors not necessarily within the control of any one agency, and it would not be appropriate to target the prosecution alone. The breakdown by reference to gender and ethnic origin is set out in the table.