Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases were heard at (a) Liverpool Crown Court and (b) Liverpool Magistrates' Court in each of the last six years; of those cases how many related to (i) murder, (ii) rape, (iii) assault by penetration, (iv) sexual assault, (v) sexual offences against children, (vi) child rape, (vii) grievous bodily harm with intent, (viii) grievous bodiy harm, (ix) assault and battery, (x) assault occasioning actual bodily harm, (xi) female genital mutilation, (xii) child abduction, (xiii) robbery, (xiv) theft, (xv) offences under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1991, (xvi) offences relating to the possession of a gun or knife, (xvii) terrorism, (xviii) fraud, (xix) illegal entry and deception and other immigration offences, (xx) offences under the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 and (xxi) burglary; and of those cases in each of those categories how many resulted in (A) conviction, (B) an acquittal, (C) a caution and (D) a mistrial.

The information available centrally, on volumes dealt with by the Crown Court, is in the attached table. Information about receipts by offence at magistrates’ courts could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. It should be noted that, from September 2016, changes were made to the sending paths through which the Crown Court receives its cases, impacting its caseload. It is not possible to show from centrally held information how many of these Crown Court cases resulted in conviction, acquittal or mistrial because this information could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. A caution is an out of court disposal.