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Theft: Criminal Proceedings

Asked by Rupert LoweRestore BritainMinistry of JusticeTabled Answered 7 November 2024UIN 12192

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an estimate of the average time taken for theft cases to be processed through the courts in each year since 2019.

Answered by Heidi Alexander

The Ministry of Justice publishes information on the average duration for various stages of the criminal justice system for defendants by offence group, including theft, from 2014 to 2023 (latest available) in the ‘End-to-end timeliness tool’ as part of Criminal Court Statistics Quarterly.

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