Oral Question·Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
“What assessment he has made of the role of neighbourhood planning in the National Planning Policy Framework.”
Tabled: 16 January 2024Answered: 22 January 2024
Asked by
Dr Luke Evans
Conservative — Hinckley and Bosworth
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Answer from Hansard
The Minister of State, Ministry of Justice (Heidi Alexander)
The Government have made it clear that we are fully committed to bearing down on the Crown court caseload. To relieve pressure on Ipswich Crown court in particular, the south-east region has begun sending appropriate cases to Cambridge Crown court for hearing. Nationally, we have increased the number of Crown court sitting days to 106,500, which is 500 more than agreed by the previous Lord Chancellor.