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Crown Court median waiting time under each government

The full published series with each government’s time in office shaded. The table gives the level each government inherited and the last complete period before it left. Changes describe the period, not a cause. Definitions and caveats are on the metric page.

Crown Court median waiting time: 2016 Q1 to 2026 Q1ConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour05102016201820202022202420262016 Q1: 12 weeks · published 25 June 20262016 Q2: 11 weeks · published 25 June 20262016 Q3: 9 weeks · published 25 June 20262016 Q4: 9 weeks · published 25 June 20262017 Q1: 9 weeks · published 25 June 20262017 Q2: 8 weeks · published 25 June 20262017 Q3: 8 weeks · published 25 June 20262017 Q4: 9 weeks · published 25 June 20262018 Q1: 9 weeks · published 25 June 20262018 Q2: 9 weeks · published 25 June 20262018 Q3: 8 weeks · published 25 June 20262018 Q4: 8 weeks · published 25 June 20262019 Q1: 8 weeks · published 25 June 20262019 Q2: 7 weeks · published 25 June 20262019 Q3: 7 weeks · published 25 June 20262019 Q4: 8 weeks · published 25 June 20262020 Q1: 8 weeks · published 25 June 20262020 Q2: 10 weeks · published 25 June 20262020 Q3: 9 weeks · published 25 June 20262020 Q4: 8 weeks · published 25 June 20262021 Q1: 10 weeks · published 25 June 20262021 Q2: 11 weeks · published 25 June 20262021 Q3: 12 weeks · published 25 June 20262021 Q4: 13 weeks · published 25 June 20262022 Q1: 13 weeks · published 25 June 20262022 Q2: 11 weeks · published 25 June 20262022 Q3: 10 weeks · published 25 June 20262022 Q4: 13 weeks · published 25 June 20262023 Q1: 13 weeks · published 25 June 20262023 Q2: 11 weeks · published 25 June 20262023 Q3: 10 weeks · published 25 June 20262023 Q4: 10 weeks · published 25 June 20262024 Q1: 11 weeks · published 25 June 20262024 Q2: 10 weeks · published 25 June 20262024 Q3: 9 weeks · published 25 June 20262024 Q4: 10 weeks · published 25 June 20262025 Q1: 10 weeks · published 25 June 20262025 Q2: 10 weeks · published 25 June 20262025 Q3: 10 weeks · published 25 June 20262025 Q4: 10 weeks · published 25 June 20262026 Q1: 11 weeks · published 25 June 2026
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PeriodCrown Court median waiting time
2016 Q112 weeks
2016 Q211 weeks
2016 Q39 weeks
2016 Q49 weeks
2017 Q19 weeks
2017 Q28 weeks
2017 Q38 weeks
2017 Q49 weeks
2018 Q19 weeks
2018 Q29 weeks
2018 Q38 weeks
2018 Q48 weeks
2019 Q18 weeks
2019 Q27 weeks
2019 Q37 weeks
2019 Q48 weeks
2020 Q18 weeks
2020 Q210 weeks
2020 Q39 weeks
2020 Q48 weeks
2021 Q110 weeks
2021 Q211 weeks
2021 Q312 weeks
2021 Q413 weeks
2022 Q113 weeks
2022 Q211 weeks
2022 Q310 weeks
2022 Q413 weeks
2023 Q113 weeks
2023 Q211 weeks
2023 Q310 weeks
2023 Q410 weeks
2024 Q111 weeks
2024 Q210 weeks
2024 Q39 weeks
2024 Q410 weeks
2025 Q110 weeks
2025 Q210 weeks
2025 Q310 weeks
2025 Q410 weeks
2026 Q111 weeks
GovernmentInheritedLeft at / latestChange during government
Labour 2024–5 July 2024 – present102024 Q2112026 Q1↑ 5.7%+1
Conservative 2019–202413 December 2019 – 5 July 202472019 Q3102024 Q2↑ 42.9%+3
Conservative 2017–20199 June 2017 – 13 December 201992017 Q172019 Q3↓ 22.2%−2
Conservative 2015–20178 May 2015 – 9 June 2017No complete period was published before this government took office.
Coalition 2010–201511 May 2010 – 8 May 2015No complete period was published before this government took office.
Labour 2005–20106 May 2005 – 11 May 2010No complete period was published before this government took office.
Labour 2001–20058 June 2001 – 5 May 2005No complete period was published before this government took office.
Labour 1997–20012 May 1997 – 7 June 2001No complete period was published before this government took office.
Conservative 1992–199710 April 1992 – 2 May 1997No complete period was published before this government took office.
Conservative 1987–199212 June 1987 – 9 April 1992No complete period was published before this government took office.
Conservative 1983–198710 June 1983 – 11 June 1987No complete period was published before this government took office.
Conservative 1979–19834 May 1979 – 9 June 1983No complete period was published before this government took office.