Domestic Abuse and Sexual Offences: Administration of Justice

(asked on 24th January 2023) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) mean and (b) median time was from offence to case completion for cases of (i) rape, (ii) sexual offences, excluding rape and (iii) domestic abuse for each quarter between 1 October 2021 and 30 September 2022.


Answered by
Edward Argar Portrait
Edward Argar
Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
This question was answered on 1st February 2023

Timeliness data relating to offences is measured at the point of the offence occurring. For that reason, it can include historical offences that are not reported to the police for several months or even years and can skew in particular mean averages. The average number of days taken from offence to completion for rape and sexual offences (excluding rape) in England and Wales, by court type for the latest four published quarters has been provided (As attached). It is not possible to separately identify cases of domestic abuse, which will be recorded under the specific offences for which they are prosecuted, e.g., Violence cases.

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