Court Process Times
type: Dataset
conforms to: http://mlcommons.org/croissant/1.0
contact point: ContactPoint
date modified: 2026-08-13T10:53:01.678208
date published: 2026-08-13T10:51:47.988901
description: The percentage of Sheriff Summary and District Court cases disposed of within 26 weeks of date of earliest caution and charge for any accused in the case, by the month that the case is first closed. This information was published in order to monitor performance of the criminal justice system as part of the Summary Justice Reform (SJR) Monitoring and Evaluation project. As Summary Justice Reform changes are now embedded within the justice system, publication of this report **ceased**, with the Summary Justice Reform Performance Report: April 2010 - March 2012 being the last in the series.
accuracy: Not assessed
comment: Percentage of summary criminal cases dealt with within 26 weeks.
completeness: Not assessed
confidentiality: Not assessed
consistency: Not assessed
geographical coverage: S92
license id: uk-ogl
quality management: Not assessed
reference period: PeriodOfTime
  end date: 2007
  start date: 2005
timeliness: Not assessed
uniqueness: Not assessed
update frequency: annual
validity: Not assessed
will be updated: false
included in data catalog: CKAN
keywords: Crime and Justice
license: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/
record set: records

Scottish Government
type: Organization
contact point: ContactPoint
  contact type: customer service

GeographyCode
type: Field
data type: Text
source:
  extract:
    column: GeographyCode

court-process-times.csv
type: FileObject
description: Data file for Court Process Times
comment: Percentage of summary criminal cases dealt with within 26 weeks.
dictionary: Column
  column: Units
  type: text
dictionary: Column
  column: DateCode
  type: int
dictionary: Column
  column: Value
  type: float
dictionary: Column
  column: Measurement
  type: text
dictionary: Column
  column: GeographyName
  type: text
dictionary: Column
  column: GeographyType
  type: text
dictionary: Column
  column: GeographyCode
  type: text
encoding format: CSV

Value
type: Field
data type: Float
source:
  extract:
    column: Value

GeographyName
type: Field
data type: Text
source:
  extract:
    column: GeographyName

DateCode
type: Field
data type: Integer
source:
  extract:
    column: DateCode

Measurement
type: Field
data type: Text
source:
  extract:
    column: Measurement

GeographyType
type: Field
data type: Text
source:
  extract:
    column: GeographyType

Units
type: Field
data type: Text
source:
  extract:
    column: Units