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<table><tbody><tr><td><p>The number of defendants appearing by video link, for the
period requested, is set out by year in the table below. <table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Total
Defendants via Video Link</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>59,371</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>80,284</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>91,489</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>86,518</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>87,789</p></td></tr></tbody></table>We
are unable to calculate what proportion of defendants appear in court via video link,
as HMCTS does not record the total number of defendants who appear in court each year.<ol><li>The
data is based on a manual return for Magistrates' and Crown Courts.</li><li>Although
care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies
inherent in any large-scale manual recording system.</li><li>Data is management information
and is not subject to the same level of checks as official statistics.</li><li>Figures
shown are for the number of defendants recorded as using video link from a prison
or police station for a trial or hearing in the Magistrates’ and Crown Court. A single
defendant is recorded only once.</li></ol>HMCTS records the number of Magistrates’
and Crown court trials where a video link is used for witnesses and that data is set
out in the table below. A single trial may make multiple use of the video link for
different witnesses but will only be recorded once.<table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Total
No of trials/hearings with Witness(s) via Video link</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>8,246</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>9,023</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>10,733</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>10,373</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>11,046</p></td></tr></tbody></table><ol><li>The
data are based on a manual return from Magistrates' and Crown Courts.</li><li>Although
care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies
inherent in any large-scale manual recording system.</li><li>Data are management information
and are not subject to the same level of checks as official statistics.</li><li>A
single trial or hearing may make multiple use of the video link but will be recorded
only once.</li></ol></p></td></tr></tbody></table>
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