Trials: Wales

(asked on 22nd October 2018) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of cases of triable either-way-offences were heard in Wales in each year between 2013 and 2017.


Answered by
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Lucy Frazer
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
This question was answered on 31st October 2018

This information is available in the published Court Outcomes by Police Force Area data tool: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/733996/court-outcomes-by-pfa-2017-update.xlsx To limit the data to Wales, drag ‘Police Force Area’ field into the ‘Filters’ area and select Dyfed-Powys, Gwent, North Wales and South Wales. To see the number of prosecutions for triable either-way offences, drag the ‘Offence Type’ field into rows and sum the amounts for ’02: Triable Either Way’. For triable either way prosecutions at Crown Court, select ’01: Crown Court’ in the ‘Court Type’ filter. The data provided relates to the number of defendants convicted divided by the number of defendants proceeded against within a given year, provided as a conviction ratio. This gives a measure of the relative number of defendants who are found guilty within a given year for a certain offence, when compared with the number who are prosecuted that year for the same offence. All cases are first heard at Magistrates Court and more serious cases are sent for trial or sentencing at Crown Court, therefore some cases may be counted twice within a given year – once at Magistrates and then again at Crown Court.

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