The number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates courts for offences relating to perjury and attempting to pervert the course of justice in England and Wales in the years 2002 to 2006 can be viewed in the following table.
Proceeded against Offence 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Perjury 109 137 155 138 110 Pervert the cause of justice 2,646 2,396 2,088 1,972 1,804 Total 2,755 2,533 2,243 2,110 1,914 1 These data are on the principal offence basis. 2 Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used. Source: RDS—Office for Criminal Justice Reform - Ministry of Justice