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Written question asked by Wayne David (Labour) on Monday, 11 March 2024, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 14 March 2024 (named day). It was answered by Mike Freer (Conservative) on Thursday, 14 March 2024 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.


Administration of Justice

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of cases under the single justice procedure were prosecuted in (a) 2021, (b) 2022 and (c) 2023.

Answer

The number of defendants dealt with via Single Justice Procedure (SJP) notifications at the magistrates’ courts is published as part of the National Statistics series ‘Criminal Court Statistics Quarterly’. Additionally, this series also provides the total number of defendants dealt with in the magistrates’ court, these can be used to calculate the proportion of SJPs in the magistrates’ caseload.

The latest published data is available to September 2023 and can be found in Tables T1 & T2 which are accessible by the following link: Criminal court statistics quarterly: July to September 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
17821
Session
2023-24
Subjects
Administration of justice Prosecutions
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk