§ Sir R. Glynasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department the number of offences dealt with by magistrates' courts in 1939, and from 1946 annually to the end of the first six months of 1952; and in how many cases were solicitors engaged in submitting evidence on behalf of the police.
§ Sir D. Maxwell FyfeThe number of persons against whom proceedings were taken in magistrates' courts in each of the periods referred to was as follow:
1939 … 745,515 1946 … 587,788 1947 … 683,372 1948 … 731,551 1949 … 700,809 1950 … 738,846 1951 … 776,150 1st January—30th June, 1952 … 394,306 I regret that the information asked for in the second part of the Question is not available.