§ Mrs. Curtis-ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many(a) successful and (b) unsuccessful criminal prosecutions were brought for crimes perpetrated in each Merseyside constituency in each of the last three years; and how many criminal charges were pressed for crimes perpetrated in Crosby in each of the last three years. [177849]
§ Paul GogginsInformation on criminal prosecutions for crimes perpetrated in particular areas is not available; rather, the information relates to offenders prosecuted in particular areas.
Nor are statistics of defendants charged with offences collected centrally. It is also not possible to break down the court proceedings data collected centrally to constituency level (because constituencies do not coincide with petty sessional areas).
The following table, however, gives the number of defendants (a) convicted and (b) not convicted in the Merseyside police force area as a whole.
Defendants convicted and those not convicted of offences of all types at all courts in the Merseyside police force area, 2000–2002 Defendants convicted Defendants not convicted1 2000 40,375 15,704 2001 41,372 16,120 2002 44,126 13,240 1Includes defendants whose proceedings were discontinued, those discharged under Sec 6 MCA 1980, and those whose charges were withdrawn, dismissed or acquitted. Statistics for 2003 will be published in the autumn.