HC Deb 11 June 1999 vol 332 cc425-7W
Mr. Beith

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many, and what percentage of, criminal prosecutions were completed in(a) magistrates' courts, and (b) higher courts, in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. [86122]

Mr. Boateng

Information taken from the Home Office Court Proceedings Database is given in the table.

Number and percentage1 of defendants proceeded against for all offences where case was completed by type of court, England and Wales, 1993–97
Thousand and percentage
Year Defendants where proceeding completed in magistrats' court2 Defendants tried in the Crown Court
1993
Number 1,870.3 83.1
Percentage 96 4

Number and percentage1 of defendants proceeded against for all offences where case was completed by type of court, England and Wales, 1993–97
Thousand and percentage
year Defendants where proceeding completed in magistrate' courts2 Defendants tried in the Crown Court
1994
Number 1,858.5 85.9
Percentage 96 4
1995
Number 1,757.3 89.0
Percentage 95 5
1996
Number 1,838.2 85.9
Percentage 96 4
1997
Number 1,76.7 91.3
Percentage 95 5
1Rates as a proportion of those cases completed at both magistrates' courts and the Crown Court. 2 Excluding defendants committed for trial.

Mr. Clappison

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many indictable offences have been dealt with by either magistrates courts or the Crown Court serving(a) Croydon, (b) Gloucester and (c) Liverpool since 30 September 1998. [85763]

Number of persons convicted of offences involving the supply or possession of drugs at (a) Liverpool, (b) Croydon and (c) Gloucester magistrates' courts and Crown Court Centres by type of offence, October-December 19981, January-March 19991
Court Period Possession of a controlled drug Supply of a controlled drug Possession with intent to supply a controlled drug
Magistrates' courts
(a) Liverpool October-December 1998 240 18 27
(b) Croydon October-December 1998 78 2 8
(c) Gloucester October-December 1998 28 1 2
Crown Court
(a) Liverpool October-December 1998 22 26 28
January-March 1999 18 44 28
(b) Croydon October-December 1998 5 6 15
January-March 1999 5 12 18
(c) Gloucester October-December 1998 4
January-March 1999 2 1 2 1Provisional

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