HC Deb 26 March 1999 vol 328 c413W
Angela Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the report of the Joint Prison

Contested trials/pleas
Convictions/acquittals
Financial Year Total number of cases brought to trial Total number of defendants Number of cases where all defendants pleaded guilty Number of cases where at least one defendant went to trial Number of defendants who pleaded guilty Convicted by jury Acquitted by jury Acquitted (NEO) Total
1996–97 8 14 1 7 3 9 1 1 11
1997–98 14 39 8 6 29 18 1 1 10
1998–99-todate
(19 March 1999) 17 35 8 29 16 13 5 1 19
1 This includes one person who was convicted by a magistrate (Section 2 offence)
2 This includes one case with a single defendant against whom no evidence was offered