§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish a list of magistrates' courts in Lancashire showing the number of applications and refusals for legal aid for magistrates' courts proceedings in 1978 and for as many months as possible in 1979, distinguishing between committal proceedings, summary trials of indictable offences and summary trials of non-indictable offences.
§ Mr. BrittanThe number of applications for and refusals of legal aid for all criminal and care proceedings in magistrates' and juvenile courts is published annually by petty sessional division in 875W Criminal Statistics, England and Wales—table 25 of the volume for 1978, Cmnd. 7670. Figures for the types of
APPLICATIONS FOR AND REFUSALS OF LEGAL AID FOR CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS* IN LANCASHIRE MAGISTRATES' AND JUVENILE COURTS, 1978 Petty sessional division Committal proceedings Summary trials of Indictable offences† Number of applications Summary trials of non-indictable offences Total Refused Total Refused Total Refused Accrington … 78 — 182 15 13 2 Blackburn … 270 12 624 101 150 93 Blackpool … 136 1 1,029 40 199 37 Burnley … 53 1 570 114 59 31 Chorley … 39 — 194 47 38 21 Church … 34 — 94 — 17 — Darwen … 64 — 128 — 41 — Fylde … 24 1 96 23 50 27 Lancaster … 54 1 242 11 71 34 Ormskirk‡ … 141 2 316 67 169 94 Pendle and Ribble Valley … 126 7 215 66 81 33 Preston … 307 9 749 138 356 93 Rossendale … 27 — 214 23 58 12 South Ribble … 48 4 215 43 31 14 Wyre … 10 1 303 69 35 20 Total … 1,141 39 5,171 757 1,368 511 * Excluding care proceedings and appearances with respect to variations in or breaches of court orders. † Including summary trial of offences triable either way (from 17th July 1978) ‡ Revised figures.