HC Deb 27 May 1993 vol 225 cc723-4W
Mr. Gapes

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many(a) criminal and (b) motoring cases were brought to trial at Redbridge magistrates court and Snaresbrook Crown court for each quarter of 1990, 1991, 1992 and 1993 to date.

Mr. Jack

Information for 1990 and 1991 is given in the table. Information for 1992 and 1993 is not yet available.

Number of defendants prosecuted at Redbridge magistrates court and number of defendants tried at Snaresbrook Crown court for "criminal"1 and "motoring"2 case by quarter, 1990 and 1991.
Redbridge PSD Snaresbrook CC
Year/Quarter Criminal1 Motoring2 3 Criminal1 Motoring2
1990
Q1 961 449 1,112 12
Q2 1,103 638 1,054 3
Q3 838 840 1,144 4
Q4 783 779 1,044 5
1991
Q1 925 1,066 1,020 4
Q2 906 1,103 1,064 4
Q3 956 1,189 1,074 4
Q4 901 1,365 935 3
1 Indictable and summary non-motoring offences.
2 Summary motoring offences.
3Improvements in the data collection methods used by the Metropolitan police district (MPD) have led to an increase in the number recorded as sentenced for summary motoring offences of about 50 per cent, in the MPD area as a whole.