Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 11 of February 2019 to Question 217439 on Crown Prosecution Service: West Midlands and with reference to the finding that there was a 67 percent reduction in the number of minor motoring cases in that area with a similar fall reflected across England, how many minor motoring cases there were in (a) the West Midlands and (b) England in each year since 2010.
The tables below show the number of finalised prosecution outcomes with the Principal Offence Category of Motoring and the Mode of Trial recorded as Summary-Only during each year from 2010-11 to 2017-18 in the West Midlands CPS Area and in England.
During the period in question, the percentage reduction in caseload was 67.4% in the West Midlands and 67.1% in England.
| 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 |
West Midlands | 28,770 | 24,720 | 24,039 | 19,202 | 9,377 | 10,833 | 11,149 | 9,392 |
England | 269,129 | 239,581 | 208,235 | 150,565 | 94,424 | 97,441 | 93,031 | 88,469 |