Oral QuestionMinistry of Justice

“What steps his Department is taking to provide adequate funding for the courts system.”

Tabled: 5 November 2025Answered: 11 November 2025

Asked by

Vikki Slade

Liberal Democrat — Mid Dorset and North Poole

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Justice

Answer from Hansard

The Minister for Courts and Legal Services (Sarah Sackman)

This Government inherited a justice system on its knees, starved for years of adequate funding, but we are fixing the foundations. We are investing in our buildings, in our people and in a record number of sitting days—sitting at or close to maximum judicial capacity in every jurisdiction. That is how we are fixing the courts system.