HC Deb 23 March 2000 vol 346 c627W
Mr. Rammell

To ask the Solicitor-General what is the average time from police referral to(a) decision to prosecute and (b) decision not to prosecute in the case of accusations of assault, in each of the last three years. [115597]

The Solicitor-General

The Crown Prosecution Service holds no central records on the time required to complete particular stages of the prosecution process in respect of particular offences, nor does it hold such records in respect of offences generally.