Attorney General written question – answered at on 25 February 2019.
Steve McCabe
Labour, Birmingham, Selly Oak
To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 11 of February 2019 to Question 217439 on Crown Prosecution Service: West Midlands, how many minor motoring cases there were in England and Wales in each year since 2010.
Robert Buckland
The Solicitor-General
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) maintains a central record of prosecuted defendants by twelve Principal Offence Categories, including the category of Motoring Offences.
The table below shows the number of summary-only prosecutions at magistrates’ courts allocated to the Motoring Offences category during each available year from 2010-11 to 2017-18 and the change in both volume and percent.
Year | Motoring Prosecution Caseload | Volume Change | % Change |
2010-2011 | 287,677 | - | - |
2011-2012 | 255,270 | -32,407 | -11.3% |
2012-2013 | 224,832 | -30,438 | -11.9% |
2013-2014 | 166,028 | -58,804 | -26.2% |
2014-2015 | 107,698 | -58,330 | -35.1% |
2015-2016 | 107,227 | -471 | -0.4% |
2016-2017 | 100,058 | -7,169 | -6.7% |
2017-2018 | 94,738 | -5,320 | -5.3% |
Data Source: CPS Management Information System | |||
It is not possible to disaggregate figures to show separately the volume and outcome of proceedings for individual offences within the Motoring Offences category.
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