§ 91. Mr. Willeyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the number of legal aid applications which were made at magistrates' courts in the Northern Region during the last 12 months in respect of summary proceedings, committal proceedings and cases committed for trial, respectively; and what is the number of legal aid applications granted in each of these respects in each case, and the number of refusals.
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§ Mr. SharplesI will, with permission, circulate in the OFFICIAL REPORT a table
STATISTICS OF LEGAL AID APPLICATIONS IN 1969 IN RESPECT OF ADMINISTRATIVE COUNTIES AND COUNTY BOROUGHS IN THE NORTHERN ECONOMIC PLANNING REGION ARE GIVEN IN THE FOLLOWING TABLE Granted Refused Total Magistrates' Courts (excluding juvenile courts) Summary proceedings Committal proceedings For trial on indictment Summary proceedings Committal proceedings For trial on indictment Summary proceedings Committal proceedings For trial on indictment Northumberland 419 135 140 9 — — 428 135 140 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 277 174 199 300 1 2 577 175 201 Tynemouth 105 38 35 38 1 — 143 39 35 Durham 645 345 403 163 18 3 808 363 406 North Riding of Yorkshire 263 155 164 10 — — 273 155 164 Carlisle 158 36 58 1 — — 159 36 58 Darlington 211 86 88 9 — — 220 86 88 Gateshead 151 42 57 7 — — 158 42 57 Westmorland 42 37 36 1 — — 43 37 36 Hartlepool 144 95 97 32 2 — 176 97 97 South Shields 310 64 72 24 — — 334 64 72 Sunderland 319 222 259 82 1 — 401 223 259 Northern Region 3,044 1,429 1,608 676 23 5 3,720 1,452 1,613
§ Mr. Peter Archerasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the number of legal aid applications which were made at magistrates' courts, respectively, in the County Boroughs of Birmingham, West Bromwich, Warley, Walsall, Wolverhampton and Dudley within the last 12 months in respect of summary proceedings, committal proceedings and cases committed for trial,
Granted Refused Total County Borough Summary Committal For trial on indictment Summary Committal For trial on indictment Summary Committal For trial on indictment Birmingham … 805 1,352 1,396 1,232 11 — 2,037 1,363 1,396 Dudley … 98 87 94 48 7 3 146 94 97 Walsall … 283 74 98 15 1 — 298 75 98 Warley … 126 107 117 51 1 1 177 108 118 Wolverhampton … 395 325 322 7 1 — 402 326 322 West Bromwich … 154 77 126 15 3 3 169 80 129