PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
(28 January 2026)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average length of time was from charge to completion in court for rape cases in England and Wales in each year since 2016.
Asked by:
Mr Paul Kohler (Liberal Democrat)
Asked by:
Mr Paul Kohler (Liberal Democrat)
Answer
The Ministry of Justice publishes figures for Crown Court timeliness on a quarterly basis in the ‘End-to-end timeliness tool (Crown Court)’. This includes time taken from charge to completion for rape cases: Criminal court statistics quarterly: July to September 2025 - GOV.UK.
Offence group can be filtered for ‘02: Sexual offences – all rape’. Both the mean and median time from charge to completion can be found in the table, dating back to 2016.
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