Question follow-through · 75245
Crown Prosecution Service: Standards
To ask the Solicitor General, what the average time taken is from referral to charging decision by the Crown Prosecution Service.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Attorney General
- Tabled
- 4 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 8 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 12 Sept 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Solicitor General, what the average time taken is from referral to charging decision by the Crown Prosecution Service.
8 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Sept 2025
Answer published
Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) management information shows that in the most recent 12 months ending March 2025 it took a mean average of 46 calendar days from the first time the CPS received a case, either a request for early advice or a referral for a ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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