§ Miss Richardsonasked the Attorney-General if he will publish tables showing the numbers of applications for legal aid in magistrates courts in the Metropolitan Police 281W area in 1980 with the numbers granted and refused, distinguishing between summary offences, summary trials of indictable offences and committal proceedings.
The Solicitor-GeneralThe numbers of applications for legal aid granted and refused for all magistrates' courts
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Applications for and refusals of legal aid for proceedings in magistrates' and juvenile courts in the Metropolitan area. Number of Applications—1980] Committal proceedings Summary trials Indictable/triable- Summary offences either-way offences Total Refused Total Refused Total Refused Inner London and City of London Guildhall 83 — 196 4 43 20 Mansion House 68 4 177 6 62 25 Bow Street 445 1 2,176 382 601 251 Camberwell Green 754 — 2,245 80 586 185 Clerkenwell 581 1 1,792 113 67 7 Greenwich 536 — 1,372 242 191 124 Hampstead 109 — 558 12 49 16 Highbury Comer 779 106 1,075 267 671 292 Inner London Juvenile 202 — 3,841 81 829 99 Horseferry Road 434 3 2,111 279 708 309 Marlborough Street 354 1 1,855 233 255 60 Marylebone 932 114 2,301 203 122 33 Old Street 293 11 879 67 35 29 South Western 928 37 1,660 86 399 131 Thames 336 1 928 28 264 97 Tower Bridge 382 7 1,134 198 325 155 Wells Street 17 2 188 32 129 47 West London (Southcombe Street) 615 — 1,111 141 868 121 West London (Walton Street) 1 — 2 — 20 5 Woolwich 378 5 699 96 62 52 Total Inner London 8,227 293 26,300 2,550 6,286 2,058 Outer London Barnet 53 — 208 51 64 53 Barking 196 3 872 290 206 111 Bexley 110 — 688 6 238 65 Brentford and Ealing 346 1 2,052 381 767 331 Bromley 83 1 1,307 58 326 132 Cheshunt 11 — 216 8 40 14 Croydon 186 — 1,681 115 646 201 Dartford 94 4 363 28 146 86 Dorking 2 — 247 19 72 12 Edmonton 553 39 1,661 215 679 437 Epping and Ongar 83 2 335 52 138 79 Epsom 55 — 289 13 49 14 Esher and Walton 77 — 266 41 45 19 Gore 365 9 820 234 272 133 Havering 200 — 770 24 195 111 Highgate 211 25 609 206 147 93 Kingston-upon-Thames 30 1 628 82 137 75 Newham 393 1 2,156 329 562 296 New Spelthorne 63 1 223 31 66 20 Redbridge 23 — 1,042 278 289 147 Richmond-upon-Thames 219 11 705 159 186 124 South Mimms 26 — 130 29 40 18 Staines and Sunbury-on-Thames 105 1 342 116 80 37 Sutton 44 — 168 55 85 33 Uxbridge 416 58 1,207 428 227 175 Wallington 124 2 412 116 103 55 Waltham Forest 584 — 2,242 275 6 — Watford 84 — 772 6 335 61 Willesden 385 1 1,178 103 307 171 Acton 82 1 611 102 98 57 Wimbledon 80 2 349 60 110 63 Total Outer London 5,283 163 24,549 3,910 6,661 3,223 Total 13,510 456 50,849 6,460 12,947 5,281 proceedings are contained in table S3.9 of supplementary volume 3 to the Criminal Statistics 1980, published by the Home Office. Corresponding figures for the types of proceedings are given in the following table:
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