HC Deb 26 November 1973 vol 865 cc48-60W
Mr. Clinton Davis

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT statistics relating to the application for grants and refusals of legal aid in magistrates' courts for all counties and county boroughs in England and Wales and for the Inner London area.

Mr. Carlisle

The figures are given in the following tables :

APPLICATIONS FOR LEGAL AID 1972
A. Magistrates Courts' in England and Wales (excluding Juvenile Courts and Inner London Courts)
Granted Refused Total
County or County Borough Summary proceedings Committal proceedings For trial on indictment Summary Proceedings Committal proceedings For trial on indictment Summary Proceedings Committal proceedings For trial on indictment
Counties
Bedfordshire 752 231 252 53 805 231 252
Berkshire 783 266 270 54 5 2 837 271 272
Buckinghamshire 850 371 418 83 1 933 372 418
Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely 656 291 238 50 1 706 292 238
Cheshire 1,657 384 526 188 16 4 1,845 400 530
Cornwall 789 141 158 62 4 851 145 158
Cumberland 321 101 117 34 355 101 117
Derbyshire 821 307 333 111 2 932 309 333
Devon 613 168 216 47 660 168 216
Dorset 579 201 284 98 3 2 677 204 286
Durham 1,019 605 652 232 12 1,251 617 652
Essex 1,625 500 698 209 14 1 1,834 514 699
Gloucestershire 734 242 237 78 8 2 812 250 239
Hampshire 1,495 515 613 222 6 3 1,717 521 616
Isle of Wight 162 43 66 16 178 43 66
Herefordshire 213 47 73 58 1 1 271 48 74
Hertfordshire 1,356 416 542 161 5 2 1,517 421 544
Huntingdonshire and Peterborough 528 170 159 40 6 568 176 159
Kent 1,719 695 886 327 16 21 2,046 711 907
Lancashire 2,868 1,200 1,471 814 39 17 3,682 1,239 1,488
Leicestershire 348 160 156 55 1 403 161 156
Lincolnshire—Holland 181 38 27 10 191 38 27
Lincolnshire—Kesteven 154 88 97 21 175 88 97
Lincolnshire—Lindsey 624 195 223 25 649 195 223
North East London Area 1,096 935 1,125 366 12 6 1,462 947 1,131
South East London Area 1,329 349 579 139 2 1,468 351 579
South West London Area 827 428 516 130 7 957 435 516
Middlesex Area 2,114 1,484 1,300 1,167 112 35 3,281 1,596 1,335
Monmouthshire 517 207 262 156 7 1 673 214 263
Norfolk 527 208 219 87 614 208 219
Northamptonshire 580 355 351 78 2 658 357 351
Northumberland 695 180 221 16 711 180 221
Nottinghamshire 1,360 385 487 133 2 2 1,493 387 489
Oxfordshire 402 168 196 35 1 437 169 196
Rutland 16 2 2 1 17 2 2
Shropshire 380 183 193 44 424 183 193
Somerset 931 265 283 118 1 1,049 266 283
Staffordshire 961 356 415 162 3 1,123 359 415
Suffolk East 203 73 77 48 1 251 74 77
Suffolk West 170 95 97 11 181 95 97
Surrey 915 479 580 168 31 1 1,083 510 581
Sussex East 407 128 163 54 2 461 130 163
Sussex West 642 330 344 139 8 3 781 338 347
Warwickshire 803 297 301 137 7 12 940 304 313
Westmorland 67 15 15 11 78 15 15
Wiltshire 719 312 350 111 3 830 315 350
Worcestershire 654 197 202 51 9 705 206 202
Yorkshire—East Riding 179 39 64 15 194 39 64
Yorkshire—North Riding 435 167 154 58 493 167 154
Yorkshire—West Riding 2,336 883 1,230 376 11 5 2,712 894 1,235
Anglesey 117 25 18 7 1 124 26 18
Breconshire 56 44 47 3 59 44 47
Caernarvonshire 265 56 64 5 270 56 64
Cardiganshire 109 35 35 3 112 35 35
Carmarthenshire 271 81 110 33 3 1 304 84 111
Denbighshire 416 75 97 29 445 75 97
Flintshire 365 92 96 19 384 92 96
Glamorgan 2,097 812 852 242 10 2,339 831 852
Merionethshire 55 8 9 3 58 8 9
Montgomeryshire 30 8 4 30 8 4
Pembrokeshire 146 77 78 11 157 77 78
Radnorshire 14 11 12 1 15 11 12
Boroughs
Luton 618 52 139 63 4 681 56 139
Reading 454 236 214 54 508 236 214
Birkenhead 240 51 59 98 16 3 338 67 62
Chester 234 140 139 29 263 140 139
Stockport 397 239 211 24 421 239 211
Wallasey 284 70 77 11 295 70 77
Carlisle 262 74 74 5 267 74 74
Derby 466 191 203 48 2 514 193 203
Exeter 351 104 101 17 1 368 105 101
Plymouth 597 338 376 43 2 2 2,640 340 378
Torbay 256 114 112 92 348 114 112
Darlington 169 70 75 15 184 70 75
Gateshead 203 106 127 23 226 106 127
Hartlepool 181 101 111 36 1 217 102 111
South Shields 439 106 111 19 458 106 111
Sunderland 517 296 446 95 2 3 612 298 449
Southend-on-Sea 473 59 193 79 2 1 1,552 61 194
Bristol 1,101 454 424 61 6 1,162 460 424
Gloucestershire 206 72 88 53 7 1 1,259 79 89
Bournemouth 377 241 294 123 1 500 242 294
Portsmouth 524 411 417 73 3 597 414 417
Southampton 414 302 297 324 52 1 738 354 298
Canterbury 57 27 37 13 5 70 32 37
Barrow-in-Furness. 61 41 44 16 77 41 44
Blackburn 282 141 144 66 348 141 144
Blackpool 325 114 118 74 4 399 118 118
Bolton 199 155 156 60 13 259 168 156
Bootle 102 151 142 37 139 151 142
Burnley 196 56 65 50 1 246 57 65
Bury 224 43 53 23 247 43 53
Liverpool 1,866 1,502 1,311 663 96 1 2,529 1,598 1,312
Manchester 4,734 919 288 5,022 919
Oldham 398 212 218 16 414 212 218
Preston 557 164 155 36 10 593 164 165
Rochdale 287 77 161 65 1 352 78 161
St. Helens 104 44 79 44 148 44 79
Salford 389 46 154 89 1 478 47 154
Southport 173 72 81 53 1 226 72 82
Warrington 114 86 93 42 4 156 90 93
Wigan 92 48 45 32 124 48 45
Leicester 751 614 617 59 2 810 616 617
Grimsby 186 59 71 28 214 59 71
Lincoln 183 76 74 18 3 1 201 79 75
City of London 237 133 162 6 1 243 134 162
Newport 509 225 223 66 2 575 227 223
Great Yarmouth 111 86 89 12 1 1 123 87 90
Norwich 213 140 120 52 6 1 265 146 121
Northampton 407 153 173 33 440 153 173
Newcastle-upon-Tyne 640 315 402 294 6 934 321 402
Tynemouth 133 60 62 18 151 60 62
Nottingham 1,577 586 588 136 2 1,713 588 588
Oxford 468 168 227 136 6 604 174 227
Bath 196 45 76 54 250 45 76
Burton-upon-Trent 132 47 53 6 138 47 53
Stoke-on-Trent 1,021 259 366 14 1 2 1,035 260 368
Walsall 372 122 130 23 395 122 130
Warley 172 112 115 79 1 2 251 113 117
West Bromwich 285 86 117 60 1 345 87 117
Wolverhampton 452 448 481 168 16 620 464 481
Ipswich 350 115 90 47 397 115 90
Brighton 796 299 334 118 914 299 334
Eastbourne 103 47 75 1 104 47 75
Hastings 48 57 55 36 84 57 55
Birmingham 1,924 1,686 2,269 616 1 2,540 1,687 2,269
Coventry 865 444 448 34 899 444 448
Solihull 54 24 26 7 61 24 26
Dudley 202 73 71 42 5 5 244 78 76
Worcester 198 49 56 56 254 49 56
Kingston-upon-Hull 260 353 392 101 10 1 361 363 393
Teesside 1,248 534 568 185 9 2 1,433 543 570
York 297 55 59 8 305 55 59
Barnsley 349 245 303 10 2 359 247 303
Bradford 1,258 429 402 102 4 1,360 433 402
Dewsbury 157 49 49 6 163 49 49
Doncaster 160 75 101 32 9 192 84 101
Halifax 200 63 45 34 1 234 64 45
Huddersfield 161 137 127 24 1 185 138 127
Leeds 2,721 924 1,027 102 2,823 924 1,027
Rotherham 233 109 95 15 248 109 95
Sheffield 769 688 722 176 945 688 722
Wakefield 171 82 77 4 175 82 77
Cardiff 1,894 670 643 101 3 5 1,995 673 648
Merthyr Tydfil 137 25 40 8 145 25 40
Swansea 246 117 130 74 692 164 320 117 130
Total 85,822 35,117 40,473 13,468 692 164 99,290 35,809 40,637

B. Magistrates' Courts and Juvenile Courts in Inner London
Granted Refused Total
Summary proceedings Committal proceedings For trial on indictment Summary Proceedings Committal proceedings For trial on indictment Summary Proceedings Committal proceedings For trial on indictment
Bow Street 1,028 599 544 161 10 9 1,189 609 553
Great Marlborough Street 792 559 535 268 36 14 1,060 595 549
Marylebone 556 650 640 188 744 650 640
Wells Street 159 9 111 52 4 211 13 111
West London (Southcombe Street) 833 679 578 110 5 943 684 578
West London (Walton Street) 3 6 9
Clerkenwell 753 414 371 95 1 16 848 415 387
Hampstead 325 180 183 6 331 180 183
Old Street 323 328 330 129 45 18 452 373 348
North London 497 293 272 151 10 23 648 303 295
East Central 37 2 1 15 52 2 1
Thames (Aylward Street) 402 311 314 168 9 15 570 320 329
Thames (Hackney and Poplar) 1 1 1 16 17 1 1
South Western (Lavender Hill) 652 554 513 138 22 2 790 576 515
Camberwell Green 963 822 764 247 1,210 822 764
Tower Bridge 352 331 340 57 10 8 409 341 348
Lambeth 115 32 32 2 115 34 32
Greenwich 369 63 111 127 496 63 111
Woolwich 212 173 221 73 8 3 285 181 224
Juvenile Courts Combined 2,075 2 2 43 2,118 2 2
Total 10,447 6,002 5,863 2,050 162 108 12,497 6,164 5,971