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(asked on 13th January 2022) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the average length of time between a person being charged with a crime and a verdict in court.


Answered by
James Cartlidge Portrait
James Cartlidge
Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
This question was answered on 21st January 2022

The Government is committed to improving timeliness in the Criminal Justice System. In December, the first Criminal Justice Scorecards were published, bringing together performance data across the system from the stage a crime is recorded to completion of a case in court.

Improving timeliness is one of the priority areas within the Scorecards and demonstrates the Government’s commitment to driving forward improvements in the time taken from charge to verdict in court.

We will be closely monitoring changes in performance in relation to improving timeliness as we continue to publish the scorecards on a quarterly basis.

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