§ Mr. DunnTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many defendants have committed further crimes while on bail in each of the last seven years; and if he will provide a breakdown of the seriousness of the crimes committed in the first instance, and those committed while on bail.
§ Mr. MacleanFigures on the numbers remanded on bail are published annually in "Criminal Statistics, England and Wales", table 8.5. These are broken down by seriousness of offence into indictable, summary, other than motoring, and summary motoring. The figures for the last seven years are shown in the following table.