HC Deb 28 April 1999 vol 330 c166W
Mr. Laurence Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of persons held on remand were found guilty when brought to trial in the last year for which figures are available. [82459]

Mr. George Howarth

Seventy-two per cent. of persons held on remand in England and Wales in 1997 were found guilty when brought to trial.