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<p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) maintains a central record of the average time
to charge and the average time to prosecute in days.</p><p>The table below shows the
total average time, in days, from referral to finalisation for each year from 2009/10
to 2011/12 where the CPS made a decision to charge and where a trial outcome was recorded
in England.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Total average time (days)
from referral to finalisation</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-2010</p></td><td
colspan="2"><p>216.26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-2011</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>217.99</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-2012</p></td><td
colspan="2"><p>225.27</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management
Information System</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
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