§ Miss Richardsonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish, in respect of each magistrates' court in the Metropolitan Police area, the number of applications for legal aid granted and refused during 1975, 1976 and 1977, distinguishing between committal and summary proceedings.
§ Mr. Merlyn Rees:I have already published the figures for 1976–[Vol. 948, c. 281–2.] Figures for 1977 are set out in the following table. Information for 431W 1975 could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
APPLICATIONS FOR LEGAL AID FOR PROCEEDINGS IN MAGISTRATES' AND JUVENILE COURTS IN THE METROPOLITAN AREA, 1977 Number of applications Total number of applications* Summary proceedings† Committal proceedings Total Granted Refused Total Granted Refused Barnet 306 233 117 116 70 66 4 Barking 996 626 327 299 365 324 41 Beacontree 1,156 1,077 808 269 72 71 1 Bexley 907 656 602 54 239 239 — Bow Street 2,801 1,700 1,434 266 690 674 16 Brentford and Ealing 2,022 1,643 1,049 594 355 345 10 Bromley 1,459 1,179 1,099 80 256 256 — Camberwell Green 3,512 2,413 2,108 305 1,099 1,098 1 Cheshunt 289 210 151 59 75 71 4 Clerkenwell 1,915 1,242 1,166 76 673 673 — Croydon 2,622 2,029 1,878 151 570 570 — Dartford 582 490 466 24 81 81 — Dorking 263 204 181 23 57 56 1 Edmonton 2,750 1,779 1,173 606 943 905 38 Epping and Ongar 350 253 224 29 91 91 — Epsom 284 222 197 25 61 61 — Esher and Walton 342 204 164 40 132 132 — Gore 976 814 714 100 158 158 — Greenwich 1,595 1,384 1,262 122 211 211 — Hampstead 821 700 673 27 115 115 — Havering 1,030 703 615 88 299 299 — Highbury Corner 2,254 1,569 837 732 685 475 210 Highgate 884 667 290 377 201 164 37 Inner London Juvenile 10,538 9,986 9,340 646 18 18 — Horseferry Road 2,672 2,064 1,670 394 608 604 4 Kingston-upon-Thames 867 724 666 58 141 141 — Marlborough Street 2,262 1,648 1,359 289 614 610 4 Marylebone 2,864 1,936 1,796 140 925 922 3 Newham 2,466 1,689 1,428 261 735 735 — New Spelthorne 329 243 224 19 77 77 — Old Street 1,527 1,048 837 211 479 475 4 Richmond-upon-Thames 816 575 473 102 234 232 2 South Mimms 171 145 98 47 26 23 3 South Western 2,305 1,535 1,175 360 767 747 20 Staines and Sudbury 341 237 177 60 99 99 — Sutton 291 199 162 37 80 80 — Thames 1,450 1,024 860 164 426 420 6 Tower Bridge 1,612 1,132 899 233 480 470 10 Uxbridge 1,513 965 796 169 544 513 31 Wallington 718 493 428 65 187 184 3 Waltham Forest 2,144 1,500 1,207 293 599 599 — Watford 1,074 820 759 61 245 245 — Wells Street 87 82 78 4 5 5 — West London (Southcombe Street) 1,662 1,059 939 120 603 599 4 West London (Walton Street) 21 20 8 12 1 1 — Willesden 2,292 1,982 1,551 431 288 283 5 Wimbledon 457 280 252 28 163 163 — Woolwich 664 377 278 99 263 253 10 Total 71,259 53,760 44,995 8,765 16,105 15,633 472 *Includes also applications for legal aid for other proceedings in magistrates' or juvenile courts such as care proceedings and appearances with respect to variations in or breaches of court orders. †Summary trials of indictable offences, trials of summary offences, and criminal proceedings in juvenile courts.