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Mr. Gapes
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) criminal and (b) motoring cases were brought to trial at Redbridge magistrates court and Snaresbrook Crown court for each quarter of 1990, 1991, 1992 and 1993 to date.
Mr. Jack
Information for 1990 and 1991 is given in the table. Information for 1992 and 1993 is not yet available.
| Number of defendants prosecuted at Redbridge magistrates court and number of defendants tried at Snaresbrook Crown court for "criminal"1and "motoring"2case by quarter, 1990 and 1991. | ||||
| Redbridge PSD | Snaresbrook CC | |||
| Year/Quarter | Criminal1 | Motoring2 3 | Criminal1 | Motoring2 |
| 1990 | ||||
| Q1 | 961 | 449 | 1,112 | 12 |
| Q2 | 1,103 | 638 | 1,054 | 3 |
| Q3 | 838 | 840 | 1,144 | 4 |
| Q4 | 783 | 779 | 1,044 | 5 |
| 1991 | ||||
| Q1 | 925 | 1,066 | 1,020 | 4 |
| Q2 | 906 | 1,103 | 1,064 | 4 |
| Q3 | 956 | 1,189 | 1,074 | 4 |
| Q4 | 901 | 1,365 | 935 | 3 |
| 1 Indictable and summary non-motoring offences. | ||||
| 2 Summary motoring offences. | ||||
| 3Improvements in the data collection methods used by the Metropolitan police district (MPD) have led to an increase in the number recorded as sentenced for summary motoring offences of about 50 per cent, in the MPD area as a whole. | ||||