HC Deb 31 January 1967 vol 740 cc80-1W
Sir P. Rawlinson

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the average time between committal for trial and trial in London and elsewhere in England and Wales, respectively.

Mr. Roy Jenkins

At the Central Criminal Court, the average time between committal and the commencement of the trial in the six months ended 31st December, 1966, was about seven and a half weeks. At the Inner London Quarter Sessions, the objective is to clear the committals in custody within the first fourteen days of each session, so that ordinarily the longest wait for those in custody is six weeks. For those on bail it is three months. Figures for elsewhere in England and Wales are not available.