Court Cases

Margaret Moran
To ask the Solicitor-General how many cases were not proceeded with at court as a result of non-appearance of Crown Prosecution Service witnesses in (a) England and Wales and (b) Luton in the last 12 months.

The Solicitor-General
The following table shows the number of defendants whose case resulted in an unsuccessful outcome because a prosecution witness failed to attend court unexpectedly in each of the last three years.

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|                             |CPS England and Wales|CPS Luton|
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|2004-05                      |8,473                |102      |
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|2005-06                      |8,408                |138      |
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|2006-071                     |5,905                |78       |
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|1 1 April to 4 December 2006.|                     |         |
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