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Written question asked by George Howarth (Labour) on Wednesday, 29 November 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 4 December 2006. It was answered by Baroness Harman (Labour) on Tuesday, 5 December 2006 on behalf of the Department for Constitutional Affairs.


Court Service

Question
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many cases were handled in each court in England and Wales in each of the last 12 months; and how many (a) convictions and (b) postponed trials there were in each court in this period.
Answer

Centrally held information is not collected at magistrates court level but at area level and is collected on a quarterly basis.Figures showing the number of disposals and ineffective trials for each area and Crown court centre have been placed in both libraries of the House. Also provided are the numbers of convictions in each Crown court centre—this information is not held centrally for the lower courts.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
454 c349W;454 c351W; 107502
Session
2006-07
Related items
Deposited Paper DEP 06/2215
Wednesday, 6 December 2006
Deposited papers
House of Commons
Subjects
Courts
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk