§ Mr. BerminghamTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons in England and Wales were committed to Crown court for sentence by magistrates' courts during 1986; and how many of those persons received a custodial sentence.
§ Mr. John PattenThe information requested is published annually in "Criminal Statistics, England and Wales", supplementary tables volumes 1 and 3, (tables S1.1(A) and S3.6(B) of the issue of 1986) copies of which are in the Library. In 1986 6,450 offenders were sentenced by the Crown court after summary conviction by magistrates, 4,550 of whom were given a custodial sentence.