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<p>The Department publishes County Court, Family Court and Crown Court figures on
defendants or parties with no (or unknown) representation. These data do not represent
the number of litigants in person, however, because a party may be without representation
for only part of a case. Information on unrepresented defendants in Magistrates’ Courts
is not held centrally.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice holds data on representation
status at (a) first hearing and (b) any hearing for defendants dealt with in the Crown
Court, and the latest available data is published here for England and Wales combined:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-annual-january-to-march-2018.
Data specifically for Wales is shown in the following tables.</p><p><strong>Representation
status, at first hearing, of defendants dealt with in the Crown Court, Wales, annually
2014 - 2017</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="3"><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td
rowspan="2"><p><strong>Total number <br> of defendants</strong></p></td><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Representation
status at first hearing</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Known
represention<sup>1</sup></strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>No advocate representation/
unknown<sup>2</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number</p></td><td><p>Number</p></td><td><p>Percentage</p></td><td><p>Number</p></td><td><p>Percentage</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p><strong>5,368</strong></p></td><td><p>5,175</p></td><td><p><em>96%</em></p></td><td><p>193</p></td><td><p><em>4%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p><strong>5,677</strong></p></td><td><p>5,433</p></td><td><p><em>96%</em></p></td><td><p>244</p></td><td><p><em>4%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p><strong>4,759</strong></p></td><td><p>4,587</p></td><td><p><em>96%</em></p></td><td><p>172</p></td><td><p><em>4%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p><strong>4,343</strong></p></td><td><p>4,244</p></td><td><p><em>98%</em></p></td><td><p>99</p></td><td><p><em>2%</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p><strong>Representation status, any hearing, of defendants dealt with in the
Crown Court, Wales, annually 2014 – 2017</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="3"><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td
rowspan="2"><p><strong>Total number <br> of defendants</strong></p></td><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Representation
status at any hearing<sup>3</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Known
represention<sup>4</sup></strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>No advocate representation/
unknown<sup>5</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number</p></td><td><p>Number</p></td><td><p>Percentage</p></td><td><p>Number</p></td><td><p>Percentage</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p><strong>5,368</strong></p></td><td><p>5,351</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p><strong>5,677</strong></p></td><td><p>5,655</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p><strong>4,759</strong></p></td><td><p>4,729</p></td><td><p>99%</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p><strong>4,343</strong></p></td><td><p>4,313</p></td><td><p>99%</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Notes</p><p>1)
Includes defendants who were known to be represented by an advocate or solicitor at
first hearing.</p><p>2) Includes defendants who did not have an advocate recorded
at the first hearing and defendants whose advocate representation was unknown.</p><p>3)
These figures do not indicate how many hearings, within a trial, had representation.</p><p>4)
Includes defendants who were known to be represented by an advocate or solicitor at
any hearing.</p><p>5) Includes defendants who did not have an advocate recorded at
any hearing and defendants whose advocate representation was unknown.</p>
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