§ Mr. ChopeTo ask the Solicitor-General how many trials there were in which an offender was brought to justice in each of the last five years. [71612]
§ The Solicitor-GeneralI have been asked to reply to this question using information recorded by the Crown Prosecution Service.
The attached table shows the number and the proportion of defendants convicted in magistrates' courts and in the Crown Court in the year ending March 2002, and in each of the four preceding years.
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Convictions 1997–2002 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 Magistrates' courts Total convictions as per cent. of hearings 953,753 (98.1) 972,650 (98.3) 986,136 (98.3) 929,806 (98.3) 933,305 (98.3) Crown Court Total convictions as per cent. of hearings 87,273 (90.6) 70,935 (89.1) 66,960 (88.6) 62,419 (87.9) 62,824 (88.8)