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Trials: Northern Ireland
Lady Hermon: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many trials on indictment in Northern Ireland have been retrials in each of the last five years; and of those retrials how many have been (a) second and (b) third re-trials. [189153]
Mr. Hanson: A retrial will only take place when a jury has been unable to reach a verdict or a retrial has been ordered by the Court of Appeal.
Information on the number of retrials in Northern Ireland was not centrally recorded prior to the introduction of a new IT system in October 2006. Consequently, it is not possible to provide the requested information prior to this date without incurring disproportionate cost.
For Crown court cases dealt with in Northern Ireland between October 2006 and September 2007, the total number of retrials were four, of which two were second retrials.
Lady Hermon: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice on how many occasions retrials in Northern Ireland have resulted in defendants being found (a) guilty and (b) not guilty in each of the last five years. [189156]
Mr. Hanson: A retrial will only take place when a jury has been unable to reach a verdict or a retrial has been ordered by the Court of Appeal.
Information on the number of retrials in Northern Ireland was not centrally recorded prior to the introduction of a new IT system in October 2006. Consequently, it is not possible to provide the requested information prior to this without incurring disproportionate cost.
The following table details, for Crown court defendants dealt with in Northern Ireland between October 2006 and September 2007, the outcome of those trials which have been retrials.
| Crown court January October 2006 to 30 September 2007 | |
| Cases dealt with | |
Lady Hermon: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice on how many occasions re-trials on indictment in Northern Ireland have taken place (a) within three months of, (b) between three months and six months of and (c) six months or more after the original trial in each of the last five years. [189157]
Mr. Hanson: A retrial will only take place when a jury has been unable to reach a verdict or a retrial has been ordered by the Court of Appeal.
Information on the number of retrials in Northern Ireland was not centrally recorded prior to the introduction of a new IT system in October 2006. Consequently, it is not possible to provide the requested information prior to this without incurring disproportionate cost.
The following table details, for Crown court cases dealt with in Northern Ireland between October 2006 and September 2007, the number trials on indictment that have been retrials.
| Crown court cases dealt with 1 October 2006 to 30 September 2007 | |
| Number | |
Lady Hermon: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many re-trials on indictment in Northern Ireland have been for reasons of a jury being discharged before being sent out to decide their verdict in the last five years; and how many have been for reasons of a jury being unable to reach a verdict. [189158]
Mr. Hanson: A retrial will only take place when a jury has been unable to reach a verdict or a retrial has been ordered by the Court of Appeal. A defendant will not be re-tried because the jury has been discharged before it reaches a verdict.
A jury can be discharged for any number of reasons at any stage prior to the conclusion of the trial. In these circumstances the case will continue with a new jury.
Information on the number of retrials in Northern Ireland was not centrally recorded prior to the introduction of a new IT system in October 2006. Consequently, it is not possible to provide the requested information prior to this without incurring disproportionate cost.
For Crown court cases dealt with in Northern Ireland between October 2006 and September 2007, there were four retrials on indictment, all of which were due to the jury failing to reach a verdict.
Young Offender Institutions: Injuries
Dr. Vis: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many (a) major and (b) minor injuries were caused through the use of restraint in young offenders institutions and secure training centres since April 2007, broken down by region. [188317]
Mr. Hanson: The data requested has been provided by the Youth Justice Board and is shown in the following tables. The information is based on the Youth Justice Board’s regional structure.
| Young offender institutions, April to December 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||
| April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | ||||||||||
| Region | A | B | A | B | A | B | A | B | A | B | A | B | A | B | A | B | A | B |
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