Offences Against the Person (Hansard, 4 November 1993)

§ Mr. Blair

To ask the Attorney-General (1) how many charges under(a) section 18 and (b) section 20 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 were (i) received by the Crown Prosecution Service from police, (ii) discontinued by the Crown Prosecution Service and (iii) completed in court for each year since the establishment of the Crown Prosecution Service;

(2) how many offences listed for trial under (a) section 18 and (b) section 20, (c) section 47 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 and (d) section 39 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 resulted in a caution in court, in a bind over, or in no evidence being offered by the prosecution for each year since the establishment of the Crown Prosecution Service;

(3) how many cases which were passed by the police to the Crown Prosecution Service had their original police charges down graded to a lesser offence before the court case was completed, for each year since the establishment of the Crown Prosecution Service;

(4) how many charges of (a) occasioning actual bodily harm, (b) common assault under section 39 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 and (c) assault on a constable under section 51(1) of the Police Act 1964 were (i) received by the Crown Prosecution Service from police, (ii) discontinued by the Crown Prosecution Service and (iii) completed in court for each year since the establishment of the Crown Prosecution Service;

(5) how many cases charged with actual bodily harm by the police under section 47 of the Public Order Act 1861 resulted in (i) a charge of assault on a constable in the magistrates court under section 51(1) of the Police Act 1964 and (ii) a charge of common assault and battery in the magistrates court under section 39 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988, for each year since the establishment of the Crown Prosecution Service.