§ Mr. Roseasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many indictable offences have been tried at Crown courts in each of the last five years; and how this compares with the numbers prior to the implementation of the Beeching Report.
§ Mr. JohnThe available information is as follows:
PERSONS TRIED AT ASSIZES AND QUARTER SESSIONS, OR AT THE CROWN COURT Court and year Number of persons Assizes and Quarter Sessions— 1968 … 32,248 1969 … 38,040 1970 … 44, 000 1971 … 47,382 Crown Court— 1972 … 51,619 1973 … 54,046 1974 … 56,020 1975 … 62,613
§ Mr. Roseasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of cases in the Crown courts during 387W each of the last five years were committals for sentence, appeals against sentence, appeals against conviction and
PROCEEDINGS AT THE CROWN COURT, OR ASSIZES AND QUARTER SESSIONS—PROPORTIONS OF TYPES OF PROCEEDING Percentage Assizes and Quarter Sessions The Crown Court Types of proceeding 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 Committal for sentence 20 17 16 18 20 Appeal against sentence only 6 6 6 6 6 Appeal against conviction only or conviction and sentence 4 5 5 4 4 Trial 70 71 73 72 71 Total 100 100 100 100 100