Question to the Attorney General:

To ask the Attorney General, whether costs from the convicted defendants in the phone-hacking trial that concluded on 25 June 2014 have been recovered.

The Crown Prosecution Service applied for costs totalling £1.1m against all those convicted of phone hacking, save for Dan Evans who had pleaded guilty at the earliest opportunity. The trial judge ordered costs against James Weatherup in the sum of £5000 and the costs application against Andrew Coulson has been adjourned to await further information relating to his means.

Responsibility for enforcing Crown Court costs orders falls to HM Courts and Tribunal Service and the costs go to central funds. The Crown Prosecution Service does not monitor whether these are recovered.