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<p>The table below shows the proportion of defendants that appeared in court proceedings
via video link from (a) police station and (b) prisons between 2013-2017.</p><p> </p><p>Data
is not available for periods before June 2012, as data collections were not undertaken
during that time.</p><p> </p><p>HMCTS do not hold the proportion of witnesses that
have appeared in Magistrates or Crown court proceedings via video link.</p><p> </p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><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><p><strong>2017
</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Overall </strong> <strong>(2013-17)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Prison
(number of defendants that appeared in court by video by prison video link)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>53,487</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>72,201</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>81,219</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>74,429</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>77,722</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>359,058</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Prison
(proportion of defendants that appeared in court by video by prison video link) </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>90.1%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>89.9%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>88.8%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>86.0%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>88.5%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>88.7%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Police
station (number of defendants that appeared in court by video by police station video
link)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,884</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8,083</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10,270</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12,089</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10,067</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>46,393</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Police
station (proportion of defendants that appeared in court by video by police station
video link)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>9.9%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10.1%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11.2%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14.0%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11.5%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11.3%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total
number of defendants that appeared in court by video by police station or prison video
link</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>59,371</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>80,284</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>91,489</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>86,518</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>87,789</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>405,451</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Source: HMCTS management information</p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li>Data
is not available for periods before June 2012 as data collections were not undertaken.
Data has been supplied for the complete years 2013 to 2017.</li></ul></p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><p><ul><li>Every effort is made to ensure that the
figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that
the data has been recorded manually by the local courts. As a consequence, care should
be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are
taken into account when data are used.</li></ul></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li>The data provided is the
most recent available and for that reason might differ slightly from any previously
published information.</li></ul></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><p><ul><li>The
data supplied is based on a count of defendants appearing in the Magistrates' Courts
and Crown Court via Police Station (Mags only) and Prison video link. Therefore, the
same defendant will appear in the tables more than once where they initially appeared
via Police Station video link, and then subsequently appeared via Prison video link
on one or more occasions.</li></ul></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li>Data are management information and are not subject
to the same level of checks as official statistics.</li></ul></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li>Data
has not been cross referenced with case files.</li></ul></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table>
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