Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of defendants who have had legal proceedings brought against them in Wales in each year from 2013 and 2017.

This information is available in the published Court Outcomes by Police Force Area data tool: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/733996/court-outcomes-by-pfa-2017-update.xlsx

To limit the data to Wales, drag ‘Police Force Area’ field into the ‘Filters’ area and select Dyfed-Powys, Gwent, North Wales and South Wales.

For the number of prosecutions, filter the data using the ‘Court Type’ field to ’02: Magistrates Court’.