Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) mean and (b) median length of time taken from (i) receipt at Crown Court to main hearing, (ii) main hearing to completion and (iii) receipt at Crown Court to completion was for cases heard in each year between 1 January 2014 and 31 December 2022; and to provide a breakdown of those figures by (A) court and (B) offence.

The Ministy of Justice publishes timeliness estimates for various stages of the justice process in tables accompanying our Criminal Court statistics release here: Criminal court statistics quarterly: October to December 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

We also provide further breakdowns in the form of a timeliness tool which offers the option to filter more granular stages of timeliness, including by offence and geographical area. This can be found here: (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1148226/timeliness_tool.xlsx).