Written question asked by James Clappison (Conservative) on Tuesday, 25 May 1999, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 11 June 1999. It was answered by Lord Boateng (Labour) on Friday, 11 June 1999 on behalf of the Home Office.

Home Office

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many indictable offences have been dealt with by either magistrates courts or the Crown Court serving (a) Croydon, (b) Gloucester and (c) Liverpool since 30th September 1998. - Includes table.

Answer: Mr. Clappison: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many indictable offences have been dealt with by either magistrates courts or the Crown Court serving (a) Croydon, (b) Gloucester and (c) Liverpool since 30 September 1998. [85763] Mr. Boateng: Information taken from the Home Office Court Proceedings Database is given in the tables. Table A: Number of defendants proceeded against for indictable offences at Croydon, Gloucester and Liverpool magistrates' courts, October-December 1998 {1} _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Magistrates' courts Number proceeded against (a) Croydon 728 (b) Gloucester 413 (c) Liverpool 1,912 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Table B: Number of defendants tried for indictable offences at Croydon, Gloucester and Liverpool Crown Court Centres, October-December 1998{1}, January-March 1999 {1} _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Crown Court Centres Period Total tried (a) Croydon October-December 1998 January-March 1999 315 309 (b) Gloucester October-December 1998 January-March 1999 78 92 (c) Liverpool October-December 1998 January-March 1999 831 783 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Provisional

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 85763; 332 c427-8W
Session: 1998-99
Subjects: Administration of justice Croydon Crown Court Indictable offences Magistrates' courts Liverpool Gloucester
Contains statistics: Yes