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Rape: Criminal Proceedings

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average length of time was from charge to completion in court for rape cases in England and Wales in each year since 2016.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Tabled
28 Jan 2026
Target answer date
2 Feb 2026
Answer
3 Feb 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 28 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average length of time was from charge to completion in court for rape cases in England and Wales in each year since 2016.

  2. 2 Feb 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 3 Feb 2026

    Answer published

    The Ministry of Justice publishes figures for Crown Court timeliness on a quarterly basis in the ‘End-to-end timeliness tool (Crown Court)’. This includes time taken from charge to completion for rape cases: Criminal court statistics quarterly: July to Se...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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