§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Attorney-General what was the national average
CROWN COURT—COMMITTALS FOR TRIAL AVERAGE TIME OF DEFENDANTS DEALT WITH DURING EACH OF THE YEARS 1972–79 Average waiting time, in weeks, during the years: 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 England and Wales … 11.2 10.9 10.3 9.9 11.0 12.7 14.9 17.4 Midland and Oxford … 6.3 6.4 6.4 7.2 7.6 7.9 10–6 12.5 North Eastern … 8.3 7.5 7.2 7.3 6.9 7.9 9.6 10.5 Northern … 7.3 7.0 6.7 6.7 90 9.9 13.8 15.7 South Eastern provinces … 8.3 10.4 11.1 12.2 13.4 15.7 18.4 22.9 London … 22.7 22.6 19.8 16.2 19.6 23.6 26.5 30.4 Wales and Chester … 9.6 8.4 6.6 8.5 91 10.7 11.6 11.3 Western … 6.8 6.0 6.0 6–2 6.6 7.3 8.4 9.3