HC Deb 05 July 1976 vol 914 cc386-7W
Mr. Rose

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many indictable offences have been tried at Crown courts in each of the last five years; and how this compares with the numbers prior to the implementation of the Beeching Report.

Mr. John

The available information is as follows:

PERSONS TRIED AT ASSIZES AND QUARTER SESSIONS, OR AT THE CROWN COURT
Court and year Number of persons
Assizes and Quarter Sessions—
1968 32,248
1969 38,040
1970 44, 000
1971 47,382
Crown Court—
1972 51,619
1973 54,046
1974 56,020
1975 62,613

Mr. Rose

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of cases in the Crown courts during each of the last five years were committals for sentence, appeals against sentence, appeals against conviction and

PROCEEDINGS AT THE CROWN COURT, OR ASSIZES AND QUARTER SESSIONS—PROPORTIONS OF TYPES OF PROCEEDING
Percentage
Assizes and Quarter Sessions The Crown Court
Types of proceeding 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975
Committal for sentence 20 17 16 18 20
Appeal against sentence only 6 6 6 6 6
Appeal against conviction only or conviction and sentence 4 5 5 4 4
Trial 70 71 73 72 71
Total 100 100 100 100 100