HC Deb 22 July 1993 vol 229 cc367-8W
17. Mr. Pike

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what progress has been made in reducing the time spent on remand in custody awaiting trial.

Mr. Maclean

The average time spent in custody on remand, from the prisoner's first appearance in the magistrates court to his arraignment before the Crown court, was 125 days in 1992. This compares with 119 days in 1991.