Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 5952

Criminal Proceedings: Statistics

Tabled: 4 October 2024
Answered: 14 October 2024

Question

Andy Slaughter

LabourHammersmith and Chiswick

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the issue affecting the quality of the data for the Criminal Court Statistics affects data on the number of Crown Court cases disposed of each month.

Answer

Heidi Alexander
In June and September 2024, the Ministry of Justice made the decision to cancel publication of the quarterly Official Accredited statistics on the criminal courts, following concerns about the quality of criminal court performance data.That initial work h...

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