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Question

To ask the Scottish Government what the current average time is to prosecute a criminal case, broken down by court type.

S6W-32329 · Written Question · lodged by Lumsden, Douglas

Lodged on
12 Dec 2024
Heard / answered on
23 Dec 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what the current average time is to prosecute a criminal case, broken down by court type.

The answer

Since April 2023, the Scottish Government has published the median time from offence date to verdict date by court type. The most recent data covering 2023-24 reported in the Journey times in the Scottish Criminal Justice System: 2023-24 bulletin, shows the median offence to verdict times figures in supplementary table 4. Further information including median police known to verdict times can be found in the Journey times in the Scottish Criminal Justice System interactive dashboard.

Answered by Angela Constance on 23 Dec 2024.