HC Deb 02 December 2002 vol 395 cc597-601W
Simon Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of cases heard in(a) magistrates and (b) Crown courts resulted in a sentence of imprisonment in each of the Criminal Justice

Magistrates Courts
Criminal justice system area of which: Defendants proceeded against1 Sentenced2 Given immediate custody Percentage given immediate custody 4
Avon and Somerset 49,754 36,307 1,728 4.8
Bedfordshire 16,937 12,644 983 7.8
Cambridgeshire 12,171 9,720 582 6.0
Cheshire 32,419 25,887 1,348 5.2
Cleveland 23,857 17,972 1,013 5.6
Cumbria 16,482 13,282 539 4.1
Derbyshire 31,688 24,739 1,326 5.4
Devon and Cornwall 42,993 32,511 1,378 4.2
Dorset 19,366 14,563 877 6.0
Durham 18,906 14,243 899 6.3
Essex 54,044 42,305 2,000 4.7
Gloucestershire 19,003 13,992 497 3.6
Greater Manchester 142,015 108,632 4,860 4.5
Hampshire 57,713 44,937 1,988 4.4
Hertfordshire 27,576 20,431 758 3.7
Humberside 28,820 22,746 1,475 6.5
Kent 34,673 26,026 1,794 6.9
Lancashire 66,718 47,601 2,116 4.4
Leicestershire 35,195 26,592 1,408 5.3
Lincolnshire 22,757 17,990 550 3.1
Merseyside 53,400 38,661 2,548 6.6
Metropolitan police5 242,946 187,649 12,177 6.5
Norfolk 17,642 14,531 747 5.1
Northamptonshire 20,084 14,235 878 6.2
Northumbria 64,470 48,613 2,026 4.2

System areas in the last year for which figures are available.

Hilary Benn

The information requested is shown in the table for England and Wales, 2000.

Statistics for 2001 will be available in December.

Magistrates Courts
Criminal justice system area of which: Defendants proceeded against1 Sentenced2 Given immediate custody Percentage given immediate custody 4
North Yorkshire 19,097 14,433 876 6.1
Nottinghamshire 35,972 26,510 1,929 7.3
South Yorkshire 47,474 36,614 2,401 6.6
Staffordshire6
Suffolk 18,964 13,931 655 4.7
Surrey 20,466 15,496 418 2.7
Sussex 39,519 28,944 1,472 5.1
Thames Valley 61,646 43,625 1,657 3.8
Warwickshire 18,525 14,905 406 2.7
West Mercia 32,316 24,394 1,157 4.7
West Midlands 114,743 75,711 4,543 6.0
West Yorkshire 105,906 71,113 3,810 54
Wiltshire 19,072 14,217 472 3.3
Dyfed Powys 17,878 13,009 433 3.3
Gwent 26,768 20,829 648 3.1
North Wales 21,009 16,657 867 5.2
South Wales 56,107 40,252 2,015 5.0
Total England and Wales 1,835,084 1,367,951 72,018 5.3

The Crown Court
of which
Criminal Justice System area Defendants tried Sentenced3 Given immediate custody Percentage given immediate custody 4
Avon and Somerset 1,858 1,392 707 50.8
Bedfordshire 652 472 330 69.9
Cambridgeshire 783 568 379 66.7
Cheshire 1,431 1,103 702 63.6
Cleveland 932 737 470 63.82
Cumbria 607 480 274 57.1
Derbyshire 1,346 1,029 592 57.5
Devon and Cornwall 1,399 1,030 549 53.3
Dorset 679 503 316 62.8
Durham 715 580 337 58.1
Essex 1,100 892 527 59.1
Gloucestershire 414 328 155 47.3
Greater Manchester 5,677 4,316 2,515 58.3
Hampshire 2,522 1,753 958 54.6
Hertfordshire 879 628 431 68.6
Humberside 1,081 926 586 64.42
Kent 2,316 1,684 1,049 62.3
Lancashire 2,509 2,018 1,240 61.4
Leicestershire 1,350 1,064 621 58.4
Lincolnshire 634 510 272 53.3
Merseyside 2,711 1,953 1,255 64.3
Metropolitan police5 12,987 8,391 5,327 63.5
Norfolk 848 639 362 56.7
Northamptonshire 613 525 384 73.1
Northumbria 2,137 1,765 927 52.5
North Yorkshire 932 734 423 57.6
Nottinghamshire 2,103 1,649 966 58.6
South Yorkshire 2,448 2,017 1,189 58.9
Staffordshire 6 1,170 942 611 64.9
Suffolk 664 497 509 62.2
Surrey 600 437 274 62.7
Sussex 1,651 1,280 862 67.3
Thames Valley 1,425 1,066 710 66.6
Warwickshire 308 273 199 72.9
West Mercia 1,138 905 602 66.5
West Midlands 5,621 4,259 2,525 59.3
West Yorkshire 4,643 3,560 2,065 58.0
Wiltshire 297 251 173 68.9

The Crown Court
of which:
Criminal Justice System area Defendants tried Sentenced3 Given immediate custody Percentage given immediate custody4
Dyfed Powys 451 316 159 50.3
Gwent 905 720 415 57.6
North Wales 586 436 299 68.6
South Wales 2,307 1,770 1,113 62.9
Total England and Wales 75,429 56,398 34,169 60.6
1 Includes only prosecutions against defendants completed in magistrates' courts including those committed for sentence to the Crown Court.
2 Includes those sentenced in the magistrates' court and committed for sentence to the Crown Court.
3 Excludes offenders committed for sentence.
4 Expressed as a percentage of those sentenced.
5 Includes City of London.
6 Staffordshire Police Force were only able to supply a sample of data for magistrates' courts proceedings covering one full week in each quarter for 2000. Estimates based on this sample are included in the England and Wales figures only.