Mr. William O'BrienTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many prosecutions, heard at the Leeds Crown court in the last two years, have proceeded to the Court of Appeal; and if he will make a statement. [35541]
§ Mr. StreeterThe question concerns a specific operational matter on which the chief executive of the Court Service is best placed to provide an answer and I have accordingly asked the chief executive to reply direct.
Letter from M. D. Huebner to Mr. William O'Brien, dated 15 July 1996:
The Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department has asked me to reply to your Question about the number of cases heard at Leeds Crown Court in the last two years which have proceeded to appeal.In 1994, 192 appeals in cases heard at Leeds Crown Court were received in the Court of Appeal. In 1995 this rose to 211.