The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) maintains a central record of the number of defendants subject to a trial hearing and collates the data collected in financial years.<\/p>
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The table below shows the number of defendants subject to a trial hearing during each year from 2010-11 to 2018-19 in the magistrates\u2019 courts and the Crown Court.<\/p>
Trial Defendants<\/p><\/td> | 2010-11<\/p><\/td> | 2011-12<\/p><\/td> | 2012-13<\/p><\/td> | 2013-14<\/p><\/td> | 2014-15<\/p><\/td> | 2015-16<\/p><\/td> | 2016-17<\/p><\/td> | 2017-18<\/p><\/td> | 2018-19<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Crown Court (CC)<\/p><\/td> | 19177<\/p><\/td> | 18710<\/p><\/td> | 18133<\/p><\/td> | 16601<\/p><\/td> | 17356<\/p><\/td> | 17950<\/p><\/td> | 17636<\/p><\/td> | 16005<\/p><\/td> | 13597<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Magistrates' Court (MC)<\/p><\/td> | 62281<\/p><\/td> | 58460<\/p><\/td> | 53902<\/p><\/td> | 54200<\/p><\/td> | 54580<\/p><\/td> | 60309<\/p><\/td> | 55598<\/p><\/td> | 48522<\/p><\/td> | 42322<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
National<\/p><\/td> | 81458<\/p><\/td> | 77170<\/p><\/td> | 72035<\/p><\/td> | 70801<\/p><\/td> | 71936<\/p><\/td> | 78259<\/p><\/td> | 73234<\/p><\/td> | 64527<\/p><\/td> | 55919<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4116", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Northampton North"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Michael Ellis"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-10-02", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-10-02T14:34:03.127Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "88"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Attorney General"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Attorney General"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-09-24", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Prosecutions"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Attorney General, what estimate he has made of the number of people brought to trial for all categories of offences by the Crown Prosecution Service in each year since 2010.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/298", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Steve McCabe"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Birmingham, Selly Oak"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Steve McCabe"} ], "uin" : "290281"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1145056", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Attorney General"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1145056/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.<\/em><\/p>"}
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