HC Deb 25 March 1969 vol 780 cc264-5W
Mrs. Renée Short

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many cases were heard at Shrewsbury,

Shropshire Stafford Worcester
County Assizes County Assizes County Assizes City Assizes
Number of cases for trial Number of persons for trial Number of cases for trial Number of persons for trial Number of cases for trial Number of persons for trial Number of cases for trial Number of persons for trial
1960 … 40 58 172 282 44 52 8 8
1961 … 38 45 210 267 52 62 6 6
1962 … 33 46 178 243 40 57 22 22
1963 … 55 74 121 191 30 32 5 5
1964 … 50 80 125 189 44 50 4 4
1965 … 25 43 129 193 41 59 9 12
1966 … 27 31 159 247 49 58 7 16
1967 … 18 20 187 238 31 35 17 30
Figures for 1968 are not yet available.

Mrs. Renée Short

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many cases involving residents in the county boroughs of Wolverhampton, Dudley, Walsall, West Bromwich and Warley, respectively, were heard in 1967 and 1968 at Shrewsbury, Stafford and Worcester Assizes.

Mr. Elystan Morgan

I regret that this information is not readily available, and could not be obtained without disproportionate cost.