Oral Question·Department for Education
“What funding the Government has provided to universities for effective ventilation to help safeguard students against covid-19 in the 2021-22 academic year.”
Tabled: 31 August 2021Answered: 6 September 2021
Asked by
Christine Jardine
Liberal Democrat — Edinburgh West
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Education
Answer from Hansard
The Solicitor General
This Government unfortunately inherited a record Crown court backlog, with the human impact felt most severely by victims. Lengthy delays are much too common and victim attrition much too high. The Lord Chancellor has set out swift action to address that, including by increasing the number of Crown court sitting days and increasing magistrates courts’ sentencing powers to take pressure off the Crown courts.