§ Mr. Roseasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications there were for legal aid and how many refusals in each of the metropolitan magistrates' courts of Manchester City and Salford magistrates' courts in 1973 and 1974.
§ Mr. Alexander W. LyonFollowing is the information:
tence during 1972, 1973 and 1974 respectively.
§ Mr. Alexander W. LyonThe information requested is not recorded centrally and could, I regret to say, be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
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§ Mr. Roseasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, of those defendants remanded in custody prior to trial or sentence, how many received immediate and how many suspended custodial sentences in 1972, 1973 and 1974, respectively.
§ Mr. Alexander W. LyonThe number of defendants in England and Wales remanded in custody in 1972, 1973 and 1974, prior to trial or sentence, who are known to have received immediate custodial sentences were 27,140, 25,449 and 26,361, respectively. I shall write to my hon. Friend about the numbers who received suspended custodial sentences.