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1692063

registered interest
date	27/02/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Water Companies: Fines
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much and what proportion of fines issued to water companies were uncollected in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	15921
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2024 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice does hold data on uncollected fines. However, we do not hold a list of all existing and previous water companies and would need to be supplied with this in order to conduct a search.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 04/03/2024 13:07:52 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1655933

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Young Offender Institutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people aged 18 and over are being held in young offender institutions for people under the age of 18.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	196011
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2023 answer text <p>Young people who begin their sentences in the youth custodial estate, because they are under 18 at the time of sentencing, do not automatically transfer to the adult estate on reaching their eighteenth birthday. As of June 2023, 148 young people aged 18 <del class="ministerial">and over</del> were being accommodated in young offender institutions.</p><p>Custody should always be a last resort for children. We have made great strides to reduce the numbers of children in the youth justice system. The most recent publication of Youth Justice Statistics showed the 20/21 population fell by 19% compared to the previous year and was 77% lower than the population for the year ending March 2012.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 12/09/2023 15:11:23 question first ministerially corrected 20/09/2023 14:15:14 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds previous answer version 93394 answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1655934

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison wings closed (a) permanently and (b) temporarily due to staff shortages in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	196012
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>Since 2010, there have been no permanent reductions in prison capacity due solely to staff shortages.</p><p>Alongside issues such as safety, decency, and stability, staffing levels have been one factor in decisions to temporarily close wings between 2010-2022, although decisions during this period cannot be attributed solely or principally to staffing levels. All wings temporarily closed during this period have been returned to use.</p><p>In May 2022, HMPPS introduced a Strategic Enhanced Resourcing Support process to authorise capacity reductions due to staffing levels where other mitigations are insufficient. Since the introduction of the process there have been a total of 6 temporary prison wing closures across 4 prisons (HMPs Wayland, Bullingdon, Woodhill and Swaleside) due to stability concerns linked to acute resourcing issues. At present, 2 wing closures remain in place at HMPs Woodhill and Swaleside.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 11/09/2023 17:04:21 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1656367

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Rape: Trials
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average waiting time was for a rape trial to begin in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	196292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2023 answer text <p>The average waiting times of defendants dealt with in rape trial cases where a not guilty plea was entered in the Crown Court can be found in the below table with annual data from 2014 to 2022. Data prior to 2014 is not available.</p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Average waiting times (weeks) of defendants dealt with in rape trial cases where a not guilty plea was entered in the Crown Court</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Median</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Mean</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>27.6</p></td><td><p>29.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>28.9</p></td><td><p>31.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>28.0</p></td><td><p>30.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>28.8</p></td><td><p>31.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>29.6</p></td><td><p>32.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>26.7</p></td><td><p>30.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>30.6</p></td><td><p>32.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>41.0</p></td><td><p>44.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>39.7</p></td><td><p>44.4</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Notes:</p><ul><li>Waiting time refers to the time between the date of sending a case to the Crown Court and the start of the substantive Crown Court hearing.</li><li>The number of defendants relate to defendants in the cases that were disposed of in the reporting period.</li><li>Only one offence is counted for each defendant in the case. If there is more than one offence per defendant that complete on the same day, a set of validation rules applies to select one offence only and these relate to the longest duration, seriousness and the lowest sequence number of the offence.</li></ul><p>Despite recent setbacks caused by the pandemic and the criminal barrister strike, we continue to make significant investments that will support the reduction of the caseload in its totality.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 12/09/2023 11:44:13 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1656368

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Community Orders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the (a) average waiting time for community payback to commence one an individual has been sentenced and (b) the total number of people waiting to undergo community payback in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	196293
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2023 answer text <p>a) The average waiting time for community payback to commence once an individual has been sentenced for years 2022/23 was 32.21 days.</p><p>b) The table below shows the number of UPW requirements waiting to undergo the first work session of their community payback requirement since 2017/18.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2022/2023</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021/2022</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020/2021</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019/2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018/2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017/2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1922</p></td><td><p>1621</p></td><td><p>412</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Due to the way data is recorded, we cannot provide relevant or comparable data prior to the 2017/18 for part b).</p><p>While due care has been taken to ensure the accuracy of the data, as with any large administrative data source the possibility of errors cannot be eliminated. This data was sourced from nDelius; while data has been assured as much as practical, as with any large administrative dataset data should not be assumed to be accurate to the last value presented.</p><p>This Government has committed to invest an additional £93 million in Community Payback over the next three years to increase the number of unpaid hours worked, focusing on outdoor projects that help to improve public spaces, ensuring that people can see justice being done.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 12/09/2023 15:07:19 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1654210

registered interest
date	19/07/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the audit findings set out on page 7 of the National Audit Office's report entitled Ministry of Justice Departmental Overview 2021-22, published in January 2023, if he will make an estimate of the total number of losses of more than £300,000 by his Department in each financial year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	195020
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2023 answer text <p>The losses greater than £300,000 are disclosed in the MOJ annual report and accounts each year. The accounts are published on gov.uk. The links below take you to each set of accounts. Page numbers for the losses disclosure is shown below. The losses for 2022-23 will be published when the MOJ Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23 is laid later this year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Page number</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Link to accounts</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>Page 118</p></td><td><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/moj-annual-report-and-accounts-2021-to-2022" target="_blank">Annual Report 2021-22</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>Page 123</p></td><td><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2020-to-2021" target="_blank">Annual Report 2020-21</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>Page 130</p></td><td><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2019-to-2020" target="_blank">Annual Report 2019-20</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>Page 100</p></td><td><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2018-to-2019" target="_blank">Annual Report 2018-19</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>Page 85</p></td><td><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2017-18" target="_blank">Annual Report 2017-18</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>Page 77</p></td><td><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">Annual Report 2016-17</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>Page 69</p></td><td><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">Annual Report 2015-16</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>Page 113</p></td><td><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">Annual Report 2014-15</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>Page 117</p></td><td><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2013-to-2014" target="_blank">Annual Report 2013-14</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>Page 139</p></td><td><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2012-13" target="_blank">Annual Report 2012-13</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>Page 141</p></td><td><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2011-12" target="_blank">Annual Report 2011-12</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>Page 170</p></td><td><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2010-11" target="_blank">Annual Report 2010-11</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 04/09/2023 08:45:55 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1652278

registered interest
date	12/07/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Fines
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of court fines have been written back in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	193601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2023 answer text <p>Financial penalties imposed by the courts will often consist of multiple elements including, amongst others, compensation, victim surcharge, prosecutor’s costs and a fine.</p><p>The Government takes the recovery and enforcement of all financial impositions very seriously and remains committed to ensuring impositions are paid. The courts will do everything within their powers to trace those who do not pay and use a variety of sanctions to ensure the recovery of criminal fines and financial penalties.</p><p>In very limited scenarios, HMCTS may decide to administratively write-off the debt, the circumstances in which this can happen are severely restricted and occur only when there is no opportunity for the debt to be collected, for example, when a company has been dissolved with no distributable assets. The debt is written off for administrative purposes only, the imposition is still legally enforceable and if in the future it becomes apparent that assets are available to pay the debt then the account is written back. In 2016-17, HMCTS commenced a project to enforce accounts that had previously been written off, this resulted in a period of three financial years where a large number of accounts were written back. There also remain specific and limited situations where the Court can legally cancel any debt.</p><p>The table below details the estimated volume and value of the fine element of an imposition that has been administratively written back for each financial year from 2013-14 to 2022-23. Data is not readily available prior to 2013.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Estimated volume of accounts (estimated due to complexity of consolidated accounts)</p></td><td><p>Value of fine accounts written back £</p></td><td><p>Value of fine accounts written off £</p></td><td><p>Value of fines written back as percentage of amounts written off in year</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022-23</p></td><td><p>1,888</p></td><td><p>605,307</p></td><td><p>12,748,036</p></td><td><p>4.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>1,974</p></td><td><p>616,156</p></td><td><p>9,096,490</p></td><td><p>6.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>1,584</p></td><td><p>645,262</p></td><td><p>9,411,764</p></td><td><p>6.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>2,986</p></td><td><p>1,480,343</p></td><td><p>10,938,117</p></td><td><p>13.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>69,322</p></td><td><p>16,583,176 – larger value due to historic debt project</p></td><td><p>8,261,350</p></td><td><p>200%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>297,269</p></td><td><p>56,548,650 - larger value due to historic debt project</p></td><td><p>12,107,194</p></td><td><p>467%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>Data not currently available</p></td><td><p>20,782,112- larger value due to historic debt project</p></td><td><p>3,057,882</p></td><td><p>679%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>Data not currently available</p></td><td><p>7,854,674</p></td><td><p>37,582,739</p></td><td><p>20.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>Data not currently available</p></td><td><p>2,457,203</p></td><td><p>47,801,989</p></td><td><p>5.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>Data not currently available</p></td><td><p>2,292,379</p></td><td><p>70,505,888</p></td><td><p>3.2%</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 17/07/2023 11:20:06 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1652337

registered interest
date	12/07/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Trials
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of court trials for (a) rape, (b) sexual assault, (c) violence against a person, (d) murder, (e) theft, (f) possession of weapons and (g) fraud have been delayed each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	193615
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2023 answer text <p>We have interpreted your request as being for ineffective trials, which is where the trial does not commence on the due date and requires rescheduling. This could be due to a variety of reasons, such as the absence of a defendant or a witness or adjournment requests from either the prosecution or defence.</p><p>The tables attached set out the data held by the Ministry of Justice on ineffective trials for each offence type, in volume and against the total listed trials for that offence type.</p><p>Crown Court data is available from 2014 onwards.</p><p>The Covid-19 pandemic affected the Crown Courts’ ability to effectively list trials. The ineffective trial rate notably increased in 2020, primarily due to increases in defendant illness or absence, and overlisting (55% of all ineffective trials were for these reasons combined).</p><p>Across 2022, the proportion of ineffective trials in the Crown Court for all offences increased significantly as a result of the impact of the Criminal Bar Assocation (CBA) action.</p><p>‘Lack of defence advocate availability’ was the largest reason for all ineffective trials throughout 2022 (35%) and accounted for 22% (484 trials) in Q4 2022 once CBA action had ended, down from 67% (2,498 trials) in the previous quarter recorded during the barristers’ strikes. The CBA action ended in October 2022.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 20/07/2023 16:51:22 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer attachment 1 file name 2023-07-20 PQ 193615 table.xlsx title Ineffective trials for each offence type
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1652341

registered interest
date	12/07/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Theft: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of theft cases in which the victim or witness no longer supported the prosecution were stopped on the day of trial in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	193619
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2023 answer text <p>The percentage of cases where prosecution offers no evidence because the victim or witness no longer supports prosecution for theft, fraud, robbery and possession of weapons offence can be found in the below table.</p><p>The table details the cases in which the victim or witness no longer supports prosecution on the day of trial (%) by selected offence group, England and Wales, 2014-2023 (data for 2023 covers only the period from January to March, the latest available).</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>All offences</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Robbery</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Theft offences</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Possession of weapons</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Fraud offences</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2.1%</p></td><td><p>3.1%</p></td><td><p>2.0%</p></td><td><p>3.8%</p></td><td><p>0.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>1.8%</p></td><td><p>3.1%</p></td><td><p>2.1%</p></td><td><p>2.6%</p></td><td><p>0.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>1.9%</p></td><td><p>3.4%</p></td><td><p>2.6%</p></td><td><p>2.9%</p></td><td><p>0.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2.0%</p></td><td><p>3.8%</p></td><td><p>2.3%</p></td><td><p>3.2%</p></td><td><p>1.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>1.9%</p></td><td><p>3.3%</p></td><td><p>2.0%</p></td><td><p>3.2%</p></td><td><p>0.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>1.9%</p></td><td><p>2.8%</p></td><td><p>2.1%</p></td><td><p>3.0%</p></td><td><p>0.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>1.7%</p></td><td><p>2.5%</p></td><td><p>2.4%</p></td><td><p>2.5%</p></td><td><p>1.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>1.5%</p></td><td><p>3.1%</p></td><td><p>2.5%</p></td><td><p>1.8%</p></td><td><p>0.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>1.4%</p></td><td><p>3.0%</p></td><td><p>2.4%</p></td><td><p>1.4%</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>1.5%</p></td><td><p>3.7%</p></td><td><p>2.4%</p></td><td><p>2.1%</p></td><td><p>0.7%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The data presented covers trials which do not go ahead on the listed trial data as the &quot;prosecution offers no evidence because the witness/victim no longer supports prosecution&quot;. This is measured as a proportion of all listed trials in that period, excluding trial vacations.</p><p>The data is first published as part of the National Statistics series ‘Criminal Court Statistics Quarterly’, latest data available to March 2023. The data is only available from 2014 onwards.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 193622 193625 193627 question first answered 19/07/2023 10:07:06 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1652344

registered interest
date	12/07/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Fraud: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data his Department holds on the percentage of fraud cases which did not proceed due to a victim or witness no longer supporting the case for prosecution on the day of trial in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	193622
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2023 answer text <p>The percentage of cases where prosecution offers no evidence because the victim or witness no longer supports prosecution for theft, fraud, robbery and possession of weapons offence can be found in the below table.</p><p>The table details the cases in which the victim or witness no longer supports prosecution on the day of trial (%) by selected offence group, England and Wales, 2014-2023 (data for 2023 covers only the period from January to March, the latest available).</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>All offences</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Robbery</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Theft offences</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Possession of weapons</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Fraud offences</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2.1%</p></td><td><p>3.1%</p></td><td><p>2.0%</p></td><td><p>3.8%</p></td><td><p>0.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>1.8%</p></td><td><p>3.1%</p></td><td><p>2.1%</p></td><td><p>2.6%</p></td><td><p>0.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>1.9%</p></td><td><p>3.4%</p></td><td><p>2.6%</p></td><td><p>2.9%</p></td><td><p>0.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2.0%</p></td><td><p>3.8%</p></td><td><p>2.3%</p></td><td><p>3.2%</p></td><td><p>1.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>1.9%</p></td><td><p>3.3%</p></td><td><p>2.0%</p></td><td><p>3.2%</p></td><td><p>0.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>1.9%</p></td><td><p>2.8%</p></td><td><p>2.1%</p></td><td><p>3.0%</p></td><td><p>0.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>1.7%</p></td><td><p>2.5%</p></td><td><p>2.4%</p></td><td><p>2.5%</p></td><td><p>1.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>1.5%</p></td><td><p>3.1%</p></td><td><p>2.5%</p></td><td><p>1.8%</p></td><td><p>0.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>1.4%</p></td><td><p>3.0%</p></td><td><p>2.4%</p></td><td><p>1.4%</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>1.5%</p></td><td><p>3.7%</p></td><td><p>2.4%</p></td><td><p>2.1%</p></td><td><p>0.7%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The data presented covers trials which do not go ahead on the listed trial data as the &quot;prosecution offers no evidence because the witness/victim no longer supports prosecution&quot;. This is measured as a proportion of all listed trials in that period, excluding trial vacations.</p><p>The data is first published as part of the National Statistics series ‘Criminal Court Statistics Quarterly’, latest data available to March 2023. The data is only available from 2014 onwards.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 193619 193625 193627 question first answered 19/07/2023 10:07:06 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
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