HC Deb 12 July 1993 vol 228 c319W
32. Mr. Bates

To ask the Attorney-General if he will make a statement about the proportion of Crown Prosecution Service prosecutions in the magistrates courts which are successful.

The Solicitor-General

For the year ending 31 March 1993, 97.6 per cent. of cases which proceeded to a hearing in the magistrates court resulted in either a guilty plea or a conviction.