§ Mr. ShersbyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prosecutions have been initiated by the Crown prosecution service during 1992 of persons suspected of being involved in bogus marriages.
§ The Attorney-GeneralJE have been asked to reply.
The Crown prosecution service does not maintain records of its cases by reference to categories or type of offence.
Table 6.2 Defendants proceeded against at magistrates courts for indictable offences by result England and Wales Number (thousands) Percentage Result 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 Proceedings discontinued 2.7 2.2 2.2 1.9 1.9 3.0 10.5 14.9 17.7 22.3 31.1 1 — — — — 1 2 3 4 5 6 Discharged under section 6 of Magistrates Courts Act 19801 2.4 2.1 2.9 3.1 3.5 4.1 5.9 6.9 7.9 10.0 10.6 — — 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 Charge withdrawn 16.3 20.1 22.9 26.8 31.9 39.3 45.3 49.1 51.5 56.8 66.6 3 4 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 12 14 Total discontinued, withdrawn etc. 21.3 24.5 28.0 31.9 37.3 46.4 61.7 70.9 77.1 89.1 108.3 4 5 5 6 7 10 13 14 17 19 22 Charge dismissed under section 9 of Magistrates Courts Act 1980 18.6 18.5 18.3 15.9 14.5 14.4 14.9 16.3 15.4 16.7 19.0 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 Committed for trial 81.1 88.1 95.7 98.8 106.2 97.5 111.3 112.1 100.1 100.3 102.1 16 16 18 19 20 21 23 23 22 21 21 All found guilty at magistrates courts 401.6 407.1 388.1 374.8 361.9 304.7 600.1 295.2 256.5 262.4 259.7 77 76 73 72 70 66 61 60 57 56 53 All proceeded against 522.6 538.8 530.1 521.3 519.8 463.0 488.0 494.5 449.1 468.6 489.1 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 1 Comparison with Crown Prosecution Service data suggests that these figures are overstated.