Written question asked by Roseanna Cunningham (Scottish National Party) on Tuesday, 23 March 1999, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 13 April 1999. It was answered by Henry McLeish (Labour) on Tuesday, 13 April 1999 on behalf of the Scottish Office.
Scottish Office
- Question
- To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what estimate he has made for each area of the average time between receipt of police reports at the office of the Procurator Fiscal and the commencement of proceedings, in each of the last five years; in each of the last five years, for those police reports made to procurators fiscal for which there were proceedings, what was the average time, area by area, between receipt of the report and commencement of proceedings for (a) district court summary cases, (b) sheriff court summary cases, (c) solemn cases at sheriff court and (d) High Court cases. - Inc ref to tables in Library. (Holding answer 29 March 1999).
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 329 c189-90W; 78803;78805
- Session
- 1998-99
- Subjects
- Criminal proceedings Administration of justice Scotland Scottish courts Procurators fiscal
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