HC Deb 01 December 1970 vol 807 cc369-73W
Mr. Clinton Davis

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT the statistics for 1969 in respect of legal aid in magistrates' courts outside Inner London which he sent to the hon. Member for Hackney, Central on 20th November.

Mr. Carlisle

The figures are given in the following table:

Committal Proceedings Summary Proceedings Committals for Trial
Area Number of applications Granted Refused Number of applications Granted Refused Number of applications Granted Refused
Wiltshire 214 205 9 545 450 95 228 224 4
Worcestershire 161 158 3 356 315 41 136 136
Yorkshire, East Riding 80 79 1 100 85 15 82 81 1
Yorkshire, North Riding 155 155 273 263 10 164 164
Yorkshire, West Riding 758 747 11 1,560 1,319 241 913 898 15
Anglesey 27 26 1 59 58 1 24 24
Breconshire 20 20 80 78 2 23 23
Caernarvonshire 55 55 174 163 11 73 73
Cardiganshire 22 22 57 56 1 23 23
Carmarthenshire 54 53 1 157 136 21 68 67 1
Denbighshire 69 65 4 309 308 1 112 112
Flintshire 66 66 222 217 5 74 74
Glamorgan 353 345 8 1,093 941 152 456 455 1
Merionethshire 4 4 50 48 2 4 4
Montgomeryshire 11 11 37 36 1 9 9
Pembrokeshire 44 43 1 120 119 1 44 43 1
Radnorshire 8 8 1 1
BOROUGHS
Luton 106 106 411 400 11 134 134
Reading 150 150 295 274 21 150 150
Birkenhead 65 38 27 266 137 129 67 62 5
Chester 27 25 2 202 144 58 69 68 1
Stockport 93 92 1 305 287 18 110 110
Wallasey 80 80 138 128 10 80 80
Carlisle 36 36 159 158 1 58 58
Derby 127 124 3 132 105 27 103 103
Exeter 15 15 135 117 18 47 47
Plymouth 115 115 576 492 84 248 246 2
Torbay 90 90 166 114 52 90 90
Darlington 86 86 220 211 9 88 88
Gateshead 42 42 158 151 7 57 57
Hartlepool 97 95 2 176 144 32 97 97
South Shields 64 64 334 310 24 72 72
Sunderland 223 222 1 401 319 82 259 259
Southend-on-Sea 36 28 8 357 220 137 99 93 6
Bristol 277 274 3 703 448 255 256 256
Gloucester 64 63 1 172 135 37 66 65 1
Bournemouth 132 132 449 337 112 179 178 1
Portsmouth 260 240 20 435 349 86 220 219 1
Southampton 222 216 6 405 327 78 199 199
Canterbury 24 24 69 60 9 26 26
Barrow-in-Furness 45 44 1 67 56 11 51 51
Blackburn 143 143 136 74 62 145 145
Blackpool 64 53 11 139 43 96 92 78 14
Bolton 80 80 209 120 89 80 80
Bootle 70 40 30 65 4 61 59 57 2
Burnley 58 54 4 108 78 30 65 63 2
Bury 69 69 109 109 51 51
Liverpool 1,096 919 177 1,352 637 715 1,092 1,044 48
Manchester 440 440 2,419 2,279 140 849 849
Oldham 121 120 1 157 146 11 123 123
Preston 117 116 1 225 207 18 124 123 1
Rochdale 110 110 185 140 45 154 154
St. Helens 61 60 1 79 43 36 64 63 1
Salford 55 46 9 269 173 96 101 101
Southport 44 43 1 116 97 19 45 45
Warrington 79 79 102 91 11 81 81
Wigan 17 15 2 50 26 24 12 12
Leicester 284 284 542 499 43 293 293
Grimsby 32 32 118 113 5 41 41
Lincoln 54 52 2 136 130 6 52 52
City of London 106 105 1 143 138 5 120 120
Newport 181 181 393 380 13 172 172
Great Yarmouth 97 94 3 91 91 95 95
Norwich 105 102 3 135 111 24 113 113
Northampton 107 107 381 374 7 107 107
Committal Proceedings Summary Proceedings Committals for Trial
Area Number of applications Granted Refused Number of applications Granted Refused Number of applications Granted Refused
Newcastle-upon-Tyne 175 174 1 577 277 300 201 199 2
Tynemouth 39 38 1 143 105 38 35 35
Nottingham 286 280 6 996 884 112 374 374
Oxford 211 185 26 403 189 214 221 219 2
Bath 24 24 145 91 54 40 40
Burton-upon-Trent 47 46 1 194 177 17 47 47
Stoke-on-Trent 110 110 399 397 2 140 140
Walsall 75 74 1 298 283 15 98 98
Warley 108 107 1 177 126 51 118 117 1
West Bromwich 80 77 3 169 154 15 129 126 3
Wolverhampton 326 325 1 402 395 7 322 322
Ipswich 52 52 331 319 12 88 88
Brighton 72 71 1 678 567 111 197 197
Eastbourne 19 19 118 116 2 30 30
Hastings 36 36 79 36 43 49 49
Birmingham 1,363 1,352 11 2,037 805 1,232 1,396 1,396
Coventry 399 399 518 503 15 377 377
Solihull 22 22 33 24 9 20 20
Dudley 94 87 7 146 98 48 97 94 3
Worcester 83 80 3 131 96 35 85 84 1
Kingston-upon-Hull 133 123 10 150 95 55 178 177 1
Teesside 461 452 9 970 872 98 510 508 2
York 58 58 246 244 2 66 66
Bradford 393 387 6 846 749 97 342 342
Barnsley 116 116 152 146 6 147 147
Dewsbury 32 32 74 66 8 49 49
Doncaster 28 17 11 133 93 40 37 33 4
Halifax 63 62 1 128 111 17 76 75 1
Huddersfield 77 74 3 89 46 43 71 71
Leeds 714 712 2 1,551 1,412 139 684 681 3
Rotherham 103 103 135 118 17 98 98
Sheffield 362 362 741 716 25 462 462
Wakefield 60 60 112 108 4 57 57
Cardiff 614 606 8 966 747 219 628 611 17
Merthyr Tydfil 34 29 5 146 129 17 38 38
Swansea 80 68 12 226 99 127 83 79 4
Total 25,999 25,119 880 60,504 49,745 10,759 29,457 29,197 260