HL Deb 29 November 1990 vol 523 cc36-7WA
Lord Donaldson of Kingsbridge

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What percentage of defendants were given bail in the latest available year in Liverpool, Manchester, Preston, Leeds, Sheffield, Tameside, Rotherham, Newcastle upon Tyne, Oxford, Cambridge, Birmingham, Nottingham, Exeter and Worcester respectively.

Earl Ferrers

The latest available figures of defendants given bail are published in Table 8.5 of Criminal Statistics, England and Wales, 1989. Reliable information on the breakdown of remands into bail and custody for each court is not available centrally.