Question follow-through · 103028
Prosecutions
To ask the Solicitor General, what the average time taken by the Crown Prosecution Service to make a charging decision was in each of the last five years.
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- Answering body
- Attorney General
- Tabled
- 5 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 7 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 13 Jan 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
5 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Solicitor General, what the average time taken by the Crown Prosecution Service to make a charging decision was in each of the last five years.
7 Jan 2026
Target answer date
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13 Jan 2026
Answer published
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) holds management information which shows the mean average in calendar days from referral for a charging decision or early advice to the decision to authorise a charge against suspects.This was 46 days in 2024-25, 44 day...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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