Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 114306

Criminal Proceedings

Tabled: 20 February 2026

Answered: 2 March 2026

Question

Nick Timothy

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases exceeded the statutory time limit of six months for summary offences in each year since 2020, broken down by (a) offence, and (b) police force.

Answer

Sarah Sackman

The Ministry of Justice does not hold data on the number of cases that exceeded the statutory time limit of six months for summary offences. We are unable to exclude cases from our timeliness data that are exempt from the time limit and cases that have be...

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