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<p>The Ministry of Justice does not hold the data for how many women have appeared
as defendants before judges or magistrates, but the department does hold data on how
many women were proceeded against at Magistrates Courts and Crown Courts. This data
is set out in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Table
1: Number of female defendants dealt with at magistrates' court and Crown Court, 2013
to 2017 </strong><strong>(a)(b)(c)</strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="4"><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td
colspan="4"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Number of prosecutions at magistrates'
court</strong> <strong>(d)</strong></p></td><td><p>340,603</p></td><td><p>360,830</p></td><td><p>368,580</p></td><td><p>359,036</p></td><td
colspan="4"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Number dealt with at Crown Court</strong><strong>
(e)(f)</strong></p></td><td><p>10,454</p></td><td><p>10,804</p></td><td><p>11,393</p></td><td><p>9,899</p></td><td
colspan="4"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="4"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Source: Ministry
of Justice Court Proceedings Database</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="4"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="4"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td
colspan="8"><p>(a) Defendants committed for trial or sentencing from the magistrates'
to the Crown Court and dealt with within the same year will be counted twice.</p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td colspan="4"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p>(b) If an individual
is proceeded against on separate occasions within a year they will be counted twice.</p></td><td
colspan="4"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="4"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>(c)
A defendant who is committed from magistrates’ courts to the Crown Court may not have
both courts' processes complete within the same year, in which case they would be
counted for each stage in the year that the court where it took place completed. Defendants
who appear before both courts may also be convicted at the Crown Court for a different
offence to that for which they are counted as having been originally proceeded against
at magistrates’ court, where the offence is changed after committal.</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td colspan="4"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9"><p>(d) The proportion
of defendants who appear in person before a Magistrate is unknown, as some cases can
be dealt with dealt with remotely such as Single Justice Procedure cases.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="4"><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p>(e) Includes total for trial at Crown Court and
Convicted at magistrates' courts (committed for sentencing).</p></td><td colspan="4"><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td colspan="4"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>(f) Figures for
defendants dealt with at the Crown Court include individuals who were not tried.</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td colspan="4"><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table>
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