Publication: Criminal courts backlog follow-up

by Auditor General

Publication cover: Criminal courts backlog follow-up

The Scottish Government and its partners have made progress in cutting the criminal courts backlog and modernising justice services – but risks remain to delivering much needed reforms.

pdf publication download Main report
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  • pdf publication download Easy read summary
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  • rtf publication download Video transcript
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  • pdf publication download News release
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Videos

Stephen Boyle, Auditor General talks about the report

A transcript of this video is available to download with the other files on this page.

Images

  • An overview of the criminal justice system and case volumes for 2024/25
    Exhibit 1
  • Summary of progress against the recommendations in Audit Scotland’s 2023 criminal courts backlog report
    Exhibit 2
  • The number of outstanding scheduled summary trials at the end of each month
    Exhibit 3
  • The number of outstanding scheduled solemn trials at the end of each month (sheriff solemn and High Court) from April 2020 to March 2026
    Exhibit 4
  • The average number of weeks to evidence-led trials in each criminal court type
    Exhibit 5
  • Governance and accountability map for the Justice Transformational Change Programmes (TCPs)
    Exhibit 6

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