Oral Question·Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
“What steps he is taking to help reduce financial pressures on local authority budgets.”
Tabled: 10 May 2022Answered: 16 May 2022
Asked by
Mohammad Yasin
Labour — Bedford
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Answer from Hansard
The Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (Mr David Lammy)
We inherited a justice system in crisis, with a backlog of over 80,000 cases—double what it was in the pre-covid era—and with victims, witnesses and defendants waiting years for justice. That is what truly undermines confidence in our justice system. Justice delayed is justice denied. Only by pulling every lever—investment, efficiency and reform—can we turn the tide.