§ Mr. Bob RussellTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many careless driving charges authorised by the Crown Prosecution Service in Essex were heard by magistrates in the 12 months from May 1999 to the end of April 2000; and how many were still to be determined by the courts on 1 May 2000. [122902]
§ Jane KennedyMagistrates in Essex heard 942 careless driving charges in the period from January 2000 to the end of April 2000. Records before January are not readily available. There remain 644 charges to be determined.