FOI/202000103637 · FOI · unclear
Number of summary cases to be completed in 26 weeks and more than a year: FOI release
Information requested
You asked for:
How many summary cases were completed in 26 weeks in (a) 2015/16 (b) 2016/17 (c) 2017/18 (d) 2018/19 and (e) 2019/20. Please provide this as a whole number, and a percentage of the total number of cases completed.
How many cases took more than a year to complete in (a) 2015/16 (b) 2016/17 (c) 2017/18 (d) 2018/19 and (e) 2019/20. Please provide this as a whole number, and a percentage of the total number of cases completed.
Response
The answer to your question is provided in the following table:
Caution/Charge to verdict within 26 weeks Caution/Charge to verdict over 1 year Year Number Completed % of total Number Completed % of total 2015-16 62,056 61% 14,918 15% 2016-17 62,124 64% 13,203 14% 2017-18 55,125 66% 9,666 12% 2018-19 53,448 68% 7,915 10% 2019-20 50,311 69% 7,456 10%
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