HC Deb 03 July 1972 vol 840 cc14-22W
Mr. Dell

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will publish in the Official Report, divided into police force regions, figures for persons proceeded against in 1969 and 1970 in England and Wales for standard list offences, showing those remanded on bail, in custody or not remanded.

Mr. Carlisle

The figures are as follows:

PERSONS PROCEEDED AGAINST IN 1969 AND 1970 IN ENGLAND AND WALES SHOWING, FOR STANDARD LIST OFFENCES, THOSE REMANDED ON BAIL, IN CUSTODY OR NOT REMANDED
Persons committed for trial or discharged (section 7 Magistrates Courts Act 1952)
Police force region Year On bail Per cent. In custody Per cent. Not remanded Per cent. Total recorded Per cent. Not recorded†‡
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Metropolitan Police District 1969 7,144 69.5 2,936 28.5 202 2.0 10,282 100.0 191
1970 9,053 71.8 3,318 26.3 239 1.9 12,610 100.0 310
North West … … … 1969 4,022 58.7 1,753 25.6 1,075 15.7 6,850 100.0 89
1970 4,751 62.9 2,028 26.9 770 10.2 7,549 100.0 115
North East … … … 1969 2,961 46.6 2,036 32.1 1,352 21.3 6,349 100.0 64
1970 3,746 50.5 2,135 28.8 1,539 20.7 7,420 100.0 96
Midland … … … 1969 2,556 50.7 1,471 29.2 1,017 20.1 5,044 100.0 63
1970 2,791 50.4 1,624 29.3 1,127 20.3 5,542 100.0 91
East … … … 1969 1,771 46.9 1,085 28.8 915 24.3 3,771 100.0 76
1970 2,079 48.1 1,252 29.0 990 22.9 4,321 100.0 101
South East … … … 1969 2,596 43.2 1,682 28.0 1,736 28.8 6,014 100.0 181
1970 3,071 44.0 1,936 27.7 1,980 28.3 6,987 100.0 189
South West … … … 1969 832 33.7 898 36.4 736 29.9 2,466 100.0 87
1970 1,165 38.4 973 32.1 896 29.5 3,034 100.0 73
Welsh … … … 1969 730 30.3 435 18.0 1,248 51.7 2,413 100.0 43
1970 813 29.9 406 15.0 1,497 55.1 2,716 100.0 48
Total … … … 1969 22,612 52.3 12,296 28.5 8,281 19.2 43,189 100.0 794
Total … … … 1970 27,469 54.7 13,672 27.3 9,038 18.0 50,179 100.0 1,023

Persons dealt with summarily
Police force region Year On bail Per cent. In custody Per cent. Not remanded Per cent. Total recorded Per cent Not recorded†
1 2 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Metropolitan Police District 1969 34,109 42.1 10,817 13.4 36,004 44.5 80,930 100.0 251,080
1970 33,290 39.3 11,813 13.9 39,735 46.8 84,838 100.0 243,033
North West … … 1969 16,594 24.3 6,327 9.3 45,308 66.4 68,229 100.0 190,906
1970 18,401 25.0 6,518 8.9 48,517 66.1 73,436 100.0 205,445
North East … … 1969 18,093 26.3 5,258 7.6 45,557 66.1 68,908 100.0 146,565
1970 20,613 27.6 5,404 7.2 48,820 65.2 74,837 100.0 151,862
Midland … … 1969 10,072 26.9 4,107 10.9 23,306 62.2 37,485 100.0 108,675
1970 7,890 20.2 3,815 9.8 27,327 70.0 39,032 100.0 114,994
East … … 1969 9,144 24.6 3,593 9.6 24,492 65.8 37,229 100.0 114,165
1970 10,819 27.0 3,264 8.1 26,045 64.9 40,128 100.0 114,064
South East … … 1969 15,580 28.5 6,092 11.1 33,020 60.4 54,692 100.0 250,674
1970 16,563 29.1 6,152 10.8 34,284 60.1 56,999 100.0 261,415
South West … … 1969 5,122 20.3 3,572 14.2 16,501 65.5 25,195 100.0 93,403
1970 4,865 17.8 3,444 12.6 18,981 69.6 27,290 100.0 98,341
Welsh … … 1969 2,787 11.3 1,029 4.2 20,767 84.5 24,583 100.0 83,160
1970 3,274 13.1 869 3.5 20,898 83.4 25,041 100.0 90,618
Total … … 1969 111,501 28.1 40,795 10.3 244,955 61.6 397,251 100.0 1,238,628
Total … … 1970 115,715 27.4 41,279 9.8 264,607 62.8 421,601 100.0 1,279,772

Persons, proceedings against whom were not completed*
Police force region Year On bail Per cent. In custody Per cent. Not remanded Per cent. Total recorded Per cent. Not recorded†
1 2 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29
Metropolitan Police District 1969 1,200 59.3 171 8.5 651 32.2 2,022 100.0 6,106
1970 1,435 57.5 251 10.1 807 32.4 2,493 100.0 5,426
North West … … … 1969 542 38.6 96 6.8 768 54.6 1,406 100.0 2,479
1970 1,074 54.9 110 5.6 773 39.5 1,957 100.0 3,099
North East … … … 1969 260 30.0 85 9.8 523 60.2 868 100.0 804
1970 255 32.8 117 15.1 404 52.1 776 100.0 806
Midland … … … 1969 282 29.4 105 11.0 572 59.6 959 100.0 3,109
1970 353 34.5 123 12.0 548 53.5 1,024 100.0 3,466
East … … … … 1969 79 21.8 40 11.1 243 67.1 362 100.0 670
1970 87 24.1 54 15.0 220 60.9 361 100.0 708
South East … … … 1969 174 27.4 71 11.2 390 61.4 635 100.0 2,101
1970 204 31.4 68 10.5 378 58.1 650 100.0 2,489
South West … … … 1969 21 16.4 31 24.2 76 59.4 128 100.0 309
1970 30 22.6 45 33.8 58 43.6 133 100.0 267
Welsh … … … 1969 12 6.9 12 6.9 151 86.2 175 100.0 293
1970 11 10.6 32.9 90 86.5 104 100.0 404
Total … … … 1969 2,370 39.2 611 9.3 3,374 51.5 6,555 100.0 15,871
Total … … … 1970 3,449 46.0 771 10.3 3,278 43.7 7,498 100.0 16,665

Police force region Year On bail Per cent. In custody Per cent. Total Not remanded Per cent. Total recorded Per cent. Not recorded†
1 2 30 31 32 33 3435 36 37 38
Metropolitan Police District 1969 42,453 45.6 13,924 14.9 36,857 39.5 93,234 100.0 257,377
1970 43,778 43.8 15,382 15.4 40,781 40.8 99,941 100.0 248,769
North West … … … 1969 21,158 27.7 8,176 10.7 47,151 61.6 76,485 100.0 193,474
1970 24,226 29.2 8,656 10.4 50,060 60.4 82,942 100.0 208,659
North East … … … 1969 21,314 28.0 7,379 9.7 47,432 62.3 76,125 100.0 147,433
1970 24,614 29.7 7,656 9.2 50,763 61.1 83,033 100.0 152,764
Midland … … … 1969 12,910 29.7 5,683 13.1 24,895 57.2 43,488 100.0 111,847
1970 11,034 24.25,562 12.2 29,002 63.6 45,598 100.0 118,551
East … … … … 1969 10,994 26.6 4,718 11.4 25,650 62.0 41,362 100.0 114,911
1970 12,985 29.0 4,570 10.2 27,255 60.8 44,810 100.0 114,873
South East … … … 1969 18,350 29.9 7,845 12.8 35,146 57.3 61,341 100.0 252,956
1970 19,838 30.7 8,156 12.6 36,642 56.7 64,636 100.0 264,093
South West … … … 1969 5,975 21.5 4,501 16.2 17,313 62.3 27,789 100.0 93,799
1970 6,060 19.9 4,462 14.6 19,935 65.5 30,457 100.0 98,681
Welsh … … … 1969 3,629 13.0 1,476 5.4 22,166 81.6 27,171 100.0 83,496
1970 4,098 14.7 1,278 4.6 22,485 80.7 27,861 100.0 91,070
Total … … … 1969 136,683 30.6 53,702 12.0 256,610 57.4 446,993 100.0 1,255,293
Total … … … 1970 146,633 30.6 55,722 11.6 276,923 57.8 479,278 100.0 1,297,460
* Comprising persons who absconded, died, were handed over to be dealt with by the Naval, Military or Air Force authorities and those against whom proceedings were adjourned sine die.
† Information about persons remanded is not recorded in respect of Non-Standard List offences.
‡ The figures in this column relate mainly to persons exercising a right to trial by jury.
Notes:
1. These figures relate only to Standard List offences (i.e. all indictable offences and the more serious summary ones).
2. The figures do not include remands by the higher courts. They relate to the defendant's remand situation immediately before his final appearance in a magistrates' court.