asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will state for the last year for which figures are available the number of persons tried by assize courts and by courts of quarter sessions, respectively; the number of such persons found guilty by the Central Criminal Court, other assize courts and courts of quarter sessions, respectively; the number of persons charged with indictable offences who were dealt with by magistrates' courts; the number of persons found guilty of indictable and non-indictable offences, respectively, by magistrates' courts; the proportion of the indictable offences which were larcenies; and the proportion of those larcenies which were disposed of by magistrates' courts.
The last available figures are for the year 1945 and are as follow:
| Persons tried by assize courts | 5,120 |
| Persons tried by courts of quarter sessions | 10,783 |
| Persons found guilty at: | |
| Central Criminal Court | 1,217 |
| Other assize courts | 3,332 |
| Courts of quarter sessions | 9,848 |
| Persons charged with indictable offences who were dealt with by magistrates courts | 110,073 |
| Persons found guilty by magistrates of courts of: | |
| (a) indictable offences | 101,864 |
| (b)non-indictable offences (excluding offences against Defence Regulations) | 297,438 |
| Of persons found guilty of indictable offences the proportion found guilty of larcenies was | 65 per cent |
| Of the persons found guilty of larcenies the proportion disposed of by magistrates courts was | 98 per cent |