§ Mr. Alan Williamsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of applications for legal aid for summary proceedings, for committal proceedings and for committals for trial were refused in each county and each borough in England and Wales in 1969, in 1970 and, to the latest available date, in 1971.
§ Mr. CarlisleThe available information relates to counties, county boroughs and London commission areas, and excludes juvenile cases. Figures for 1969 and 1970 are given below; those for 1971 are not yet available.
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Summary proceedings Committal proceedings For trial on indictment Area Percentage of applications refused in 1969 Percentage of applications refused in 1970 Percentage of applications refused in 1969 Percentage of applications refused in 1970 Percentage of applications refused in 1969 Percentage of applications refused in 1970 North East London Area … 38.5 31.1 1.3 5.5 0.9 1.7 South East London Area … 18.4 10.6 1.8 1.1 0.5 0.2 South West London Area … 12.9 11.4 1.7 3.7 — — Middlesex Area … 44.4 38.2 14.0 6.8 2.9 2.2 Monmouthshire … 14.1 12.5 2.1 0.6 — — Norfolk … 8.9 6.3 2.8 1.9 1.2 0.6 Northamptonshire … 3.5 11.5 0.6 5.0 — 0.8 Northumberland … 2.1 1.6 — 0.7 — — Nottinghamshire … 6.7 7.8 0.4 0.8 — 0.3 Oxfordshire … 4.7 9.1 0.8 — — — Rutland … — 5.0 — — — — Shropshire … 10.7 9.6 1.7 — — — Somerset … 7.6 6.5 1.4 0.7 — — Staffordshire … 4.7 12.7 2.3 6.6 — 0.3 Suffolk, East … 18.7 9.9 0.9 — — — Suffolk, West … 4.2 6.0 — — — — Surrey … 14.8 19.4 3.1 2.7 0.6 2.2 Sussex, East … 15.2 15.5 2.1 0.8 — — Sussex, West … 16.8 14.4 0.9 0.8 0.4 — Warwickshire … 15.9 14.9 2.4 2.1 0.4 0.7 Westmorland … 2.3 6.8 — 5.3 — — Wiltshire … 17.4 13.8 4.2 2.2 1.8 0.4 Worcestershire … 11.5 8.4 1.9 5.2 — — Yorkshire— East Riding … 15.0 9.3 1.3 — 1.2 — North Riding … 3.7 17.5 — 3.5 — 1.7 West Riding … 15.4 13.6 1.5 0.9 1.6 0.3 Anglesey … 1.7 12.4 3.7 3.1 — 5.7 Breconshire … 2.5 1.6 — 4.3 — — Caernarvonshire … 6.3 6.0 — — — — Cardiganshire … 1.8 — — — — — Carmarthenshire … 13.4 10.2 1.9 1.4 1.5 — Denbighshire … 0.3 2.6 5.8 — — — Flintshire … 2.3 5.4 — 1.9 — — Glamorgan … 13.9 6.8 2.3 0.6 0.2 0.2 Merionethshire … 4.0 — — — — — Montgomeryshire … 2.7 — — — — — Pembrokeshire … 0.8 6.3 2.3 — 2.3 — Radnorshire … — — — — — — BOROUGHS Luton … 2.7 1.4 — — — — Reading … 7.1 6.4 — — — — Birkenhead … 48.5 34.4 41.5 33.3 7.5 11.5 Chester … 28.7 20.3 7.4 2.4 1.4 — Stockport … 5.9 6.4 1.1 — — — Wallasey … 7.2 9.1 — — — — Newport … 3.3 9.7 — 0.4 — — Great Yarmouth … — 9.9 3.1 — — — Norwich … 17.8 12.6 2.9 2.4 — — Northampton … 1.8 8.1 — — — — Newcastle-upon-Tyne 52.0 42.4 0.6 2.1 1.0 0.3 Tynemouth … 26.6 10.9 2.6 — — — Nottingham … 11.2 8.2 2.1 — — — Oxford … 53.1 31.4 12.3 2.6 0.9 0.6 Bath … 37.2 28.5 — — — — Burton-upon-Trent 8.8 7.1 2.1 — — — Stoke-on-Trent … 0.5 0.8 — — — — Walsall … 5.0 9.0 1.3 — — 0.6 Warley … 28.8 17.8 0.9 1.0 0.8 1.2 West Bromwich … 8.9 9.3 3.8 — 2.3 — Wolverhampton … 1.7 4.7 0.3 — — — Ipswich … 3.6 7.7 — — — — Brighton … 16.4 16.9 1.4 — — —
Summary proceedings Committal proceedings For trial on indictment Area Percentage of applications refused in 1969 Percentage of applications refused in 1970 Percentage of applications refused in 1969 Percentage of applications refused in 1970 Percentage of applications refused in 1969 Percentage of applications refused in 1970 Eastbourne … 1.7 5.5 — — — — Hastings … 54.4 59.0 — — — — Birmingham … 60.5 56.7 0.8 0.4 — — Coventry … 2.9 5.6 — — — — Solihull … 27.3 18.6 — — — — Dudley … 32.9 24.8 7.4 9.2 3.1 4.5 Worcester … 26.7 44.3 3.6 5.3 1.2 8.7 Kingston-upon-Hull 36.7 29.0 7.5 4.2 0.6 1.9 Teesside … 10.1 17.7 2.0 1.8 0.4 0.5 York … 0.8 1.8 — — — — Barnsley … 3.9 1.5 — — — — Bradford … 11.5 7.2 1.5 1.8 — — Dewsbury … 10.8 5.4 — — — — Doncaster … 30.1 15.2 39.3 13.2 10.8 — Halifax … 13.3 21.4 1.6 3.8 1.3 — Huddersfield … 48.3 32.0 3.9 4.0 — — Leeds … 9.0 5.5 0.3 — 0.4 — Rotherham … 12.6 9.6 — — — — Sheffield … 3.4 7.0 — 0.2 — — Wakefield … 3.6 7.9 — — — — Cardiff … 22.7 19.3 1.3 0.1 2.7 1.7 Merthyr Tydfil … 11.6 6.9 14.7 — — — Swansea … 56.2 41.5 15.0 21.0 4.8 8.2 Carlisle … 0.6 1.0 — — — — Derby … 20.5 11.1 2.4 1.7 — — Exeter … 13.3 6.7 — — — — Plymouth … 14.6 50.2 — 0.9 0.8 0.4 Torbay … 31.3 32.7 — — — — Darlington … 4.1 6.3 — — — — Gateshead … 4.4 3.2 — — — — Hartlepool … 18.2 17.5 2.1 — — — South Shields … 7.2 11.5 — — — — Sunderland … 20.4 14.1 0.4 2.5 — 0.7 Southend-on-Sea … 38.4 20.1 22.2 — 6.1 — Bristol … 36.3 28.7 1.1 0.8 — — Gloucester … 21.5 11.8 1.6 3.1 1.5 1.4 Bournemouth … 24.9 20.0 — — 0.6 — Portsmouth … 19.8 11.8 7.7 2.1 0.5 — Southampton … 19.3 25.0 2.7 2.8 — — Canterbury … 13.0 35.5 — 4.0 — — Barrow-in.Furness … 16.4 14.0 2.2 — — — Blackburn … 45.6 12.2 — 2.7 — — Blackpool … 69.1 48.5 17.2 10.2 15.2 4.8 Bolton … 42.6 42.7 — 0.7 — — Bootle … 93.8 53.8 42.9 5.4 3.4 — Burnley … 27.8 18.5 6.9 10.9 3.1 1.8 Bury … — 1.5 — — — 1.9 Liverpool … 52.9 47.6 16.1 21.7 4.4 0.4 Manchester … 5.8 7.0 — — — 0.1 Oldham … 7.0 7.5 0.8 2.4 — 0.8 Preston … 8.0 5.4 0.9 0.6 0.8 — Rochdale … 24.3 24.6 — — — — St. Helens … 45.6 25.7 1.6 3.5 1.6 — Salford … 35.7 20.9 16.4 3.4 — — Southport … 16.4 12.8 2.3 — — — Warrington … 10.8 25.0 — 12.1 — 1.9 Wigan … 48.0 18.2 11.8 2.9 — — Leicester … 7.9 13.9 — 2.1 — — Grimsby … 4.2 6.3 — — — — Lincoln … 4.4 9.8 3.7 1.4 — — City of London … 3.5 6.2 0.9 — — 0.7 (Where no figure is entered there was no application refused.)
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§ Mr. Alan Williamsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many applicants for legal aid, for the latest convenient period, who were refused legal aid after committal proceedings in each county and in each borough in England and Wales were subsequently granted legal aid by a higher court;
(2) how many persons were refused legal aid in criminal cases in each borough and in each county in 1968, 1969, 1970 and 1971, to the latest available date; and how many of these persons in each area were subsequently found not guilty;
(3) what, for the latest convenient period, is the total number in England and Wales of applicants for legal aid who were refused, and after committal proceedings were subsequently granted aid by a higher court.
§ Mr. CarlisleI regret that this information is not available.
§ Mr. Alan Williamsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many counties and borough in England and Wales approved less than half the national average approved proportion of applications for legal aid in 1969, 1970 and to the latest availale date in 1971; and if he will publish their names;
(2) which counties and boroughs in England and Wales approved less than a quarter of the nationally approved proportion of applications for legal aid in 1969, 1970 and to the latest available date in 1971, respectively.
§ Mr. CarlisleNone in 1969 and 1970; information for 1971 is not yet available.
§ Mr. Alan Williamsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is
Number of areas in which the proportion of applications for legal aid refused by magistrates was higher than in Swansea Number of areas in which the proportion of applications for legal aid refused by magistrates was lower than in Swansea 1969 1970 1969 1970 Committal proceedings … 8 2 138 144 Summary proceedings … 3 9 143 137 Trial on indictment … 5 2 141 144 Figures for 1971 are not yet available.
§ Mr. Alan Williamsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many counties and boroughs in England and Wales in 1969, 1970 and 1971, to 382W the value of legal aid provided in each county and in each borough in England and Wales; and what is the value per head of population, of applicants, and of approved applicants, respectively.
§ Mr. CarlisleI regret that this information is not readily available, and could not be obtained without disproportionate expenditure and effort.
§ Mr. Alan Williamsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many counties and boroughs in England and Wales in 1969, 1970 and 1971, to the latest available date, refused fewer, and how many refused more, applications for legal aid for committal trials than Swansea.
§ Mr. CarlisleThe available information relates to counties, county boroughs and London commission areas, and excludes juvenile cases. In 1969 the number of refusals by Swansea magistrates of applications for legal aid in committal proceedings was greater than in 134 areas and less than in 12. The corresponding figures for 1970 were 140 and 6. Statistics for 1971 are not yet available.
§ Mr. Alan Williamsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department in 1969, 1970, and to the latest available date, in 1971, how many counties and boroughs approved a higher proportion of applications for legal aid, and how many approved a smaller proportion than Swansea for committal proceedings, summary proceedings and committals for trial, respectively.
§ Mr. CarlisleThe available information which relates to counties, county boroughs and London commission areas, and excludes juvenile cases is as follows:
the latest available date, refused fewer, and how many refused more, applications for legal aid for committal proceedings than Swansea.
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§ Mr. CarlisleThe available information relates to counties, county boroughs and London commission areas, and excludes juvenile cases. In 1969 the number of refusals by Swansea magistrates of applications for legal aid for trial on indictment was greater than in 129 areas and less than in 14. The corresponding figures for 1970 were 139 and 6. Statistics for 1971 are not yet available.