Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) mean and (b) median number of days taken from offence to completion of arson cases was for (i) Crown and (ii) Magistrates Court in England and Wales, by (A) individual court and (B) region for each of the last three years for which figures are available.

Timeliness estimates for defendants dealt with for robbery, arson and drug offences can be found in the attached tables by region and court/LJA as set out below.

Estimates of timeliness from offence to completion are taken from the point of offence committal through to the eventual completion of a case at court.

Caution should be taken when drawing conclusions from such granular breakdowns – especially in the case of offences based on a small number of defendants (e.g. arson by court) – as there is potential for marked variations based on small volumes and even single cases.