§ Mr. HoyleTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many(a)successful and (b)unsuccessful criminal prosecutions were brought for crimes perpetrated in each Lancashire constituency in each of the last three years; [157681]
(2) how many criminal charges were pressed for crimes perpetrated in Chorley in each of the last three years. [157682]
§ Paul GogginsStatistics on those charged with offences are not collected centrally, nor is it possible to break down the court proceedings data collected centrally to constituency level.
The following table, however, gives the numbers of defendants (a)convicted and (b)not convicted in the Lancashire Police Force area as a whole:
Defendants convicted and those not convicted of offences of all types at all courts in the Lancashire police force area, 2000–02
Defendants convicted Dafendants not convicted1 2000 49,625 19,729 2001 48,077 19,441 2002 48,259 19,781 1Includes defendants whose proceedings were discontinued, those discharged under Sec 6 MCA 1980, and those whose charges were
withdrawn, dismissed or acquitted.
Statistics for 2003 will be published in the autumn.