Phone-hacking suspects to be considered for prosecution © Reuters/Olivia Harris Scotland Yard's phone-hacking squad have handed the names of 11 suspects to prosecutors. The suspects include four journalists, one police officer and six others are being considered by the director of public prosecutions Keir Starmer QC. The charges will include misconduct in a public office, data protection act breaches, perverting the course of justice, witness intimidation and breaches of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (Ripa). Mr Starmer refused to give a timescale for a charging decision but said: "We are now entering a period where we are likely to make a decision one way or another." He said that 43 individuals who have been arrested in relation the the phone-hacking scandal remain on bail. The four files handed to the CPS include: One journalist and a police officer accused of misconduct in a public office and data protection offences; One journalist and six other individuals accused of perverting the course of justice; One journalist relating to witness intimidation; One journalist in relation to a breach of Ripa; Mr Starmer added: "These just happen to be the four files we have got, there may be others. We don't know.