§ Mr. Tom Coxasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many criminal prosecutions were awaiting trial in England and Wales on 31 March
§ Mr. MellorI understand from my noble Friend the Lord Chancellor that 21,800 cases which had been committed for trial were outstanding at the Crown court at 31 December 1983; corresponding information for 31 March 1984 is not yet available. Statistics are not collected centrally on the number of cases awaiting trial at magistrates' courts.