§ 46. Mr. van Straubenzeeasked the Attorney-General what was the average waiting time between the end of commital proceedings and the start of trial on indictment for cases tried in England and Wales at the latest date for which information is available.
§ The Attorney-GeneralIn 1979, 17.4 weeks, but I am arranging for a table404W showing a more detailed breakdown of this figure and comparable figures for recent years to be circulated in the Official Report. For those in custody it is 11.1 weeks.
Following are the figures:
WAITING TIMES IN RECENT YEARS (IN WEEKS) ENGLAND AND WALES (a) (b) (c) All defendants Defendants on bail Defendants in custody 1972 11.2 12.1 8.3 1973 10.9 12.0 7.3 1974 10.3 11.2 7.1 1975 9.9 10.5 7.5 1976 11.0 11.6 7.3 1977 12.7 13.5 8.9 1978 14.9 16.1 9.8 1979 17.4 19.0 11.1