Q. Trials

Trials

(asked on 13th January 2016) - View Source

Questioner

Tulip Siddiq
(Labour - Hampstead and Highgate)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2015 to Question 19715, what proportion of defendants in criminal cases (a) plead guilty before trial and (b) plead not guilty before trial.

Answered by

Shailesh Vara

This question was answered on 18th January 2016

The table below provides the proportion of all defendants dealt with in trial cases at the Crown Court who pleaded guilty prior to trial, and the proportion who pleaded not guilty prior to trial.

It has not been possible to answer this question for defendants in the magistrates’ courts as the methodology for producing the relevant magistrates data needs to be developed.

Defendants dealt with in trial cases in the Crown Court in England and Wales by plea
Year¹	Total number of defendants² dealt with in trial cases³	Proportion of all defendants who pleaded guilty⁴ prior to trial⁵ as a proportion of all defendants	Proportion of all defendants who pleaded not guilty⁶ prior to trial as a proportion of all defendants
2009	104,418	69%	29%
2010	112,702	68%	29%
2011	106,343	68%	30%
2012	96,409	67%	31%
2013	90,195	67%	30%
2014	94,672	67%	30%

Notes:

1) The reporting period is defined by the date on which the defendant was dealt with.

2) Defendants with more than one case will be counted more than once.

3) Includes cases where no plea was entered, and where a guilty plea was entered during the trial, so the sum of the percentages does not equal 100%.

4) Defendants who pleaded guilty to all counts.

5) Defendants who pleaded guilty excluding those who pleaded guilty during trial.

6) Defendants who pleaded not guilty to all counts, and also defendants who pleaded not guilty to some counts.
7) The percentages are calculated from unrounded numbers and may not add to 100%.

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