New administrative targets were adopted in 1998-99.Table ASupreme Courts Waiting periods % of diets allocated in the year within waiting periodCIVILwaiting period (term weeks except*)Civil BusinessTarget1997-981998-991999-20002000-01(a) Appeals against Interlocutory orders (from date of lodging)4100%97%80%31%(b) All other appeals (from date sent to roll)#1893%11%0%0%(c) Jury trials(from date issues approved)19100%100%79%50%(d) Ordinary proofs (from date proof allowed)1989%81%84%38%CriminalCriminal Business - AppealsLeave to Appeal - Solemn and Summary Applications for leave to appeal;(i) from date of report received to allocation to single judge1*71%92%55%64%(ii) from intimation of appeal against refusal to allocate to 2/3 judges2*66%69%29%38%Appeals - Solemn Notes of Appeal; (from date when leave to appeal granted)(i) Sentence5*90%78%56%36%(ii) Conviction and Sentence516%0%2%0%Appeals - SummaryNotes of Appeal against Sentence;(from date when leave to appeal granted)(i) Accused in custody4*91%76%56%38%(i)Other6*90%88%70%67%Stated Cases;(from date when leave to appeal granted)(i) Accused in custody4100%100%100%100%(i)Other611%0%0%0%Bills of Suspension (from date lodged)4100%31%4%8%Target (a) above came into operation with effect from 1 October 1997 and was set at two weeks for the duration of 1997-98.# This target has been omitted from agency annual achievement rate calculations since 1998-99.Table BSupreme Courts Administrative TargetsDescription1998-19991999-20002000-01To process summonses, petitions and appeals from inferior courts within one working day of their acceptance100100100To notify solicitors of returned citations on the date of their receipt.100100100To notify solicitors of custody reports on the date of their receipt.100100100To issue all extracted decrees of divorce on the first working day it would be competent to do so and to issue all other extracted decrees within five working days of the request98100100To secure accurate and timeous publication of the Rolls of Court and to deliver to practitioners in Edinburgh, the weekly and daily Rolls of Court on the day of publication.100100100To intimate disposal of appeals under solemn criminal procedure within one working day of determination by the Court.978876To intimate disposal of appeals under summary criminal procedure within five working days of determination by the Court.737565To prepare applications for leave to appeal. and appeals against refusal of leave within one working day from the date of receipt of summary appeal papers, or the Judge's report in solemn appeals.996571To intimate the grant or refusal of leave to appeal within two working days of receipt of the papers.917953To complete the audit of at least 95% of all Curatory Accounts within three months of lodgement. 10010097To complete the audit of at least 75% of all Judicial Factory Accounts within two months of lodgement.100100100To issue to solicitors in the Court of Session monthly accounts within seven days of the end of each period.976999To process all invoices and claims within forty eight hours of receipt.100100100To reply to all correspondence, except that which requires extensive investigation, within three working days of receipt.1009695 S1W-16141