Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases were heard at Bedford Magistrate’s Court in each year from 2009 to 2017.
The number of magistrates’ court cases heard at Bedford Magistrates’ Court between 2010 and 2017 are shown below. HM Courts & Tribunals Service do not hold data for 2009. Magistrates’ Court cases can require more than one hearing and therefore the data includes instances where there have been multiple hearings in the same case.
Year | Number of cases dealt with |
2010 | 14,652 |
2011 | 13,059 |
2012 | 10,955 |
2013 | 6,396 |
2014 | 1,912 |
2015 | 742 |
2016 | 574 |
2017 | 14 |