Publication: Criminal courts backlog

by Auditor General

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The criminal trial backlog that built up during the Covid-19 pandemic has been significantly reduced but waiting times for the most serious crimes have doubled.

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  • Exhibit 1a: Criminal Courts Covid-19 timeline
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  • Exhibit 1b: Criminal Courts Covid-19 timeline
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  • Exhibit 2: The criminal justice system Criminal
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  • Exhibit 3: RRT spending
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  • Exhibit 4: The number of outstanding scheduled trials in criminal courts since April 2020
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  • Exhibit 5: Outstanding scheduled trials for summary cases
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  • Exhibit 6: Outstanding scheduled trials for solemn cases
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  • Exhibit 7: Conversion rates from cases coming to court to an evidence-led trial
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  • Exhibit 8: Average number of weeks to evidence-led trial across all criminal court types before and after Covid-19
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