§ Mr. MaclennanTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many cases were dealt with by way of(a) magistrates courts, (b) trials by jury and (c) judges sitting alone under the prevention of terrorism Acts, and in 143W each category how many cases had (i) guilty pleas, (ii) convictions after pleas of not guilty and (iii) acquittals in each year since 1983.
§ Mr. Ancram[holding answer 4 March 1994]: The information requested is as follows:
Number of findings in magistrates court by plea and finding 1983 to 1992 Pleading guilty Found guilty after pleading not guilty Found not guilty 1983 35,665 3,380 2,780 1984 35,812 3,947 2.410 1985 38,786 3,553 2,772 1986 39,139 1,530 2,720 1987 41,469 1,638 3,160 1988 41,358 1,487 3,212 1989 37,963 934 3,072 1990 38,615 949 3,341 1991 31,188 906 2,970 1992 30,805 1,519 3,149
Number of proceedings in Crown court for non-scheduled offences by plea and finding 1983 to 1992 Pleading guilty Found guilty after pleading not guilty Found not guilty 1983 1,055 84 92 1984 926 99 96 1985 1,090 115 128 1986 1,101 78 84 1987 1,056 79 75 1988 783 97 91 1989 767 53 91 1990 716 100 136 1991 717 104 98 1992 673 108 110 Note: "Non-scheduled offences" means those that do not fall within schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1991, and are hence tried by a court with a jury.
Protestant Roman Catholic Not known1 Educated outside NI Total Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Administration and Clinical 415 37.0 612 54.5 5 0.4 90 8.0 1,122 100 Maintenance 85 56.7 55 36.7 3 2.0 7 4.7 150 100 Ancillary and General 445 40.2 564 50.9 12 1.1 87 7.9 1,108 100 Nursing 759 25.7 1,714 58.1 18 0.6 461 15.6 2,952 100 Social Services 140 27.9 288 57.5 2 0.4 71 14.2 501 100 Professional and Technical 199 41.8 226 47.5 — — 51 10.7 476 100 Medical and Dental 86 28.6 80 26.6 6 2.0 129 42.9 301 100 Ambulance 52 49.5 43 41.0 1 1.0 9 8.6 105 100 Home Helps 650 36.1 966 53.7 50 2.8 133 7.4 1,799 100 Total 2,831 33.3 4,548 53.4 97 1.1 1,038 12.2 8,514 100 1 Those who attended integrated or special schools which cannot be classified.