§ Mr. RuffleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average time to fast track young offenders through the courts in(a) Suffolk, (b) Norfolk, (c) Essex and (d) Cambridgeshire was in each year since 1997. [104799]
§ Hilary BennThe average number of days from arrest to sentence for persistent young offenders in England and Wales, from 1997 to 2002, for the Criminal Justice Areas of Suffolk, Norfolk, Essex and Cambridgeshire is listed in the table along with the corresponding national averages.
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Area1 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Norfolk 107 110 92 78 63 72 Suffolk 154 132 110 81 77 74 England and Wales 141 125 108 93 76 69 1 The area classification is based on the police force that investigated the offence and entered the charge or summons details on the Police National Computer. In a small proportion of cases prosecution and court proceedings may have been in different areas.