Solicitor-General written question – answered at on 26 January 2005.
To ask the Solicitor General how many prosecutions were undertaken by the Crown Prosecution Service in (a) Essex and (b) Southend-on-Sea in each year since 1997; and how many resulted in (i)conviction and (ii) acquittal.
Cases prosecuted by the Crown Prosecution Service do not all conclude in a conviction or an acquittal. The difference between the number of defendant files prosecuted and the number of defendants resulting in conviction or acquittal will reflect the defendants that did not proceed to trial or conviction. They will be classed under the Area's performance figures as defendant cases resulting in a discontinuance or discharged committal, or defendants that are on a warrant or have been written off.
Number of defendants prosecuted | Number of defendants convicted | Number of acquittals | |
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1997 | 28,829 | 21,186 | 803 |
1998 | 28,918 | 21,954 | 854 |
1999 | 29,098 | 21,722 | 919 |
2000 | 25,761 | 19,123 | 733 |
2001 | 26,440 | 20,657 | 603 |
2002 | 26,931 | 20,842 | 633 |
2003 | 27,570 | 21,064 | 870 |
2004 (to September)28,499 | 23,367 | 1,049 |
Number of defendants prosecuted | Number of defendants convicted | Number of acquittals | |
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1997 | 6,051 | 4,408 | 86 |
1998 | 6,169 | 4,673 | 97 |
1999 | 6,228 | 4,665 | 88 |
2000 | 5,573 | 4,135 | 86 |
2001 | 5,958 | 4,845 | 62 |
2002 | 4,534 | 3,643 | 50 |
2003 | 5,150 | 4,108 | 71 |
2004 (to September)6,111 | 5,142 | 127 |
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