This information is not available from 1999 because there was no target of this nature at that time. There is now a new joint target for Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS), the Scottish Police Service and the Scottish Court Service to dispose of 60% of sheriff summary and district court cases within 26 weeks of the date of caution and charge by March 2008.A sampling exercise in 2003-04 suggested that around 42% of sheriff summary and district court cases were disposed of within 26 weeks of the date of caution and charge.