Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of trials were (a) ineffective, (b) cracked and (c) vacated for reasons related to the prosecution in each year since 2010-11.

Figures on ineffective and cracked trials are published quarterly at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/criminal-court-statistics.

Figures on the number and proportion of vacated trials in magistrates courts for reasons related to the prosecution since 2010/11 are in Table 1, and those for Crown Courts are in Table 2.