What percentage of (a) sheriff summary court cases and (b) Justice of the Peace court cases has been dealt with within 26 weeks from cautio…

The overall timescales for the processing of cases are kept under review on a national basis by the Justice Board. Local criminal justice boards keep the position in individual courts under review and respond to changes as appropriate. The available information is given in the following tables.
(i)
Percentage of summary criminal cases dealt with within 26 weeks (caution & charge to verdict)-financial years

2007-08
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
District Court/Justice of the Peace Court1
69%
75%
78%
74%
76%
77%
73%
Sheriff Court
67%
73%
76%
73%
72%
71%
71%
(ii) Percentage of summary criminal cases dealt with within 26 weeks (caution & charge to verdict) – by month from Sept 2013

Sep-13
Oct-13
Nov-13
Dec-13
Jan-14
Feb-14
Mar-14
Apr-14
District Court/Justice of the Peace Court1
76%
74%
74%
74%
68%
65%
63%
64%
Sheriff Court
72%
73%
71%
72%
68%
66%
67%
68%
1. Data for Glasgow & Strathkelvin Stipendiary Court are included in the Justice of the Peace data. Justice of the Peace Courts replaced District Courts between March 2008 and February 2010.
Source: COPFS Management Information